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Fairfield at North Carolina State

December 18, 2016
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Fairfield has not had a good week with losses to Bucknell and Siena. The Stags shot 40.4 percent from the field and turned the ball over 18 times in the loss to Bucknell. This, after after missing 17 of their 23 shots from 3-point range and committing 15 turnovers against Siena. Fairfield is 0-8-1 ATS against the ACC and 7-18 ATS as a road underdog of 13 or more. They are not going to get into a running game with an ACC squad, and Fairfield is on a 12-3-1 run UNDER the total. Things gets more difficult today. North Carolina State is unbeaten at home and has a loaded frontcourt for coach Mark Gottfried. The Wolfpack average 5.4 blocks per game, led by senior forward Beejay Anya (1.6) and junior forward Abdul-Malik Abu (1.5). They come off a pair of double-digit wins over Tennessee State and Appalachian State andwill  make it three in a row here. And the UNDER is 16-5 after the Wolfpack scores 90+ points in their previous game. Play North Carolina State and the UNDER.

1 unit on North Carolina State -14.5 (-107) (risk 1 to return 1.93)
Result:
WIN
1.5 units on Game Total UNDER 155.5 -110 (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
LOSS
FINAL
1H
2H
F
Fairfield Stags
39
39
78
NC State Wolfpack img
48
51
99
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