West Virginia hosts King and North Carolina Central

North Carolina Central Eagles (4-7) at West Virginia Mountaineers (6-2, 1-0 Big 12)

Morgantown, West Virginia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mountaineers -24.5; over/under is 144.5

BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina Central plays West Virginia after Po’Boigh King scored 28 points in North Carolina Central’s 78-77 victory against the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs.

The Mountaineers have gone 4-0 at home. West Virginia is ninth in the Big 12 at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 68.8 points while holding opponents to 38.9% shooting.

The Eagles are 1-4 on the road. North Carolina Central is 1-6 against opponents over .500.

West Virginia scores 77.8 points, 5.2 more per game than the 72.6 North Carolina Central allows. North Carolina Central has shot at a 44.7% clip from the field this season, 5.8 percentage points above the 38.9% shooting opponents of West Virginia have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tucker DeVries averages 3.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Mountaineers, scoring 14.9 points while shooting 47.3% from beyond the arc.

King is scoring 17.2 points per game and averaging 2.3 rebounds for the Eagles.

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