Thursday’s contest between the Longwood Lancers (7-2) and the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (1-9) at Joan Perry Brock Center should be a one-sided matchup, as our computer prediction projects a final score of 82-64 and heavily favors Longwood to take home the win. Tipoff is at 7:00 PM ET on December 5.

According to our computer prediction, Maryland-Eastern Shore is projected to cover the point spread (18.5) versus Longwood. The two teams are projected to eclipse the 144.5 total.

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Longwood vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore Game Info & Odds

• Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024
• Time: 7:00 PM ET
• TV: ESPN+
• Live stream: Watch this game on ESPN+
• Where: Farmville, Virginia
• Venue: Joan Perry Brock Center
• Line: Longwood -18.5
• Point total: 144.5
• Moneyline (to win): Longwood -5882, Maryland-Eastern Shore +1600

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Longwood vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Longwood 82, Maryland-Eastern Shore 64

Spread & Total Prediction for Longwood vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore

• Pick ATS: Maryland-Eastern Shore (+18.5)
• Pick OU: Over (144.5)

Longwood’s record against the spread this season is 3-4-0, while Maryland-Eastern Shore’s is 4-5-0. The Lancers have gone over the point total in three games, while Hawks games have gone over four times. The two teams score 141.8 points per game combined, 2.7 less than this matchup’s over/under.

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Longwood Performance Insights

• The Lancers are outscoring opponents by 9.0 points per game with a +81 scoring differential overall. They put up 77.7 points per game (148th in college basketball) and give up 68.7 per contest (127th in college basketball).
• The 31.0 rebounds per game Longwood averages rank 275th in the nation, and are 3.1 more than the 27.9 its opponents collect per contest.
• Longwood connects on 5.9 three-pointers per game (335th in college basketball) at a 29.4% rate (313th in college basketball), compared to the 6.8 its opponents make while shooting 29.5% from beyond the arc.
• The Lancers rank 152nd in college basketball with 97.8 points scored per 100 possessions, and 106th in college basketball defensively with 86.5 points conceded per 100 possessions.
• Longwood has committed 13.0 turnovers per game (284th in college basketball play), 2.6 fewer than the 15.6 it forces on average (21st in college basketball).

Maryland-Eastern Shore Performance Insights

• The Hawks’ -219 scoring differential (being outscored by 21.9 points per game) is a result of putting up 64.1 points per game (345th in college basketball) while giving up 86.0 per outing (361st in college basketball).
• Maryland-Eastern Shore ranks 304th in the nation at 30.2 rebounds per game. That’s 9.5 fewer than the 39.7 its opponents average.
• Maryland-Eastern Shore hits 7.0 three-pointers per game (255th in college basketball), 2.4 fewer than its opponents. It is shooting 32.1% from beyond the arc (240th in college basketball) and its opponents are shooting 31.8%.
• Maryland-Eastern Shore loses the turnover battle by 4.3 per game, committing 12.5 (250th in college basketball) while its opponents average 8.2.

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