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The No. 8 seed North Carolina Tar Heels (27-9) play the No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s Peacocks (22-11) in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight on Sunday at starting at 5:05 PM. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Tar Heels’ (-400 to win on the moneyline) contest versus the Peacocks (+300).
North Carolina Offense Vs. Saint Peter’s Defense
| North Carolina Offense |
Stats (Rank) |
Saint Peter’s Defense |
| 78.3 (25) |
Points/Gm |
62.3 (19) |
| 70.1 (89) |
Possessions/Game |
66.5 (67) |
| 45.3 (106) |
Field Goal % |
38.8 (10) |
| 36.3 (52) |
3PT % |
29.2 (13) |
| 52.2 (91) |
Effective FG % |
44.1 (6) |
| 56.3 (65) |
True Shooting % |
49.2 (24) |
Saint Peter’s Offense Vs. North Carolina Defense
| Saint Peter’s Offense |
Stats (Rank) |
North Carolina Defense |
| 67.5 (266) |
Points/Gm |
71.7 (252) |
| 65.8 (285) |
Possessions/Game |
70.5 (261) |
| 43.2 (229) |
Field Goal % |
42.9 (158) |
| 35.3 (89) |
3PT % |
34.1 (220) |
| 48.5 (268) |
Effective FG % |
49.2 (158) |
| 52.9 (213) |
True Shooting % |
52.1 (155) |
North Carolina Betting Insights
- North Carolina has won 19 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover or pushing 17 times.
- The Tar Heels have covered the spread six times this season (6-8 ATS) when playing as at least 8-point favorites.
- A total of 21 out of North Carolina’s 36 games this season have hit the over.
- North Carolina’s games this season have gone over this contest’s total of 137.5 points 26 times.
- Tar Heels outings this year have an average total of 147.6, 10.1 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
Saint Peter’s Betting Insights
- Saint Peter’s has won 24 games against the spread this year, while failing to cover 10 times.
- The Peacocks have an ATS record of 5-2 when playing as at least 8-point underdogs this season.
- So far this year, 13 out of Saint Peter’s 34 games with an over/under have hit the over.
- Saint Peter’s has played eight games this season that ended with a point total above 137.5 points.
- The Peacocks have had an average of 130.2 points scored in their games so far this season, 7.3 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
North Carolina Key Players
- The Tar Heels points and rebounds leader is Armando Bacot. He averages 16.4 points per game and pulls down 12.6 rebounds.
- The squad is led in assists by Caleb Love’s 3.7 per game.
- Brady Manek is the top three-point shooter for the Tar Heels, connecting on 2.4 per game.
- North Carolina’s steals leader is Love, who averages one per game. Bacot leads the team averaging 1.7 blocks a game.
Saint Peter’s Key Players
- The Peacocks leader in scoring is Daryl Banks III with 11.5 points per game. He also adds 2.6 rebounds per game and 1.4 assists per game.
- When it comes to Saint Peter’s leaders in rebounds and assists, the team has two players at the top: Fousseyni Drame with 6.4 rebounds per game and Matthew Lee with three assists per game.
- Banks III is tops from three-point range for the Peacocks, hitting 1.6 treys per game.
- One Saint Peter’s player is its leader in both steals and blocks. KC Ndefo averages 1.2 steals per game and 2.7 blocks per game.
