Who’s Taking part in
Elon Phoenix @ William & Mary Tribe
Present Data: Elon 11-4, William & Mary 8-7
How To Watch
- When:Â Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET
- The place: Kaplan Enviornment — Williamsburg, Virginia
- TV:Â CBS Sports activities Community
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- Ticket Price: $13.00
What to Know
We have one other thrilling Coastal Athletic matchup on schedule because the Elon Phoenix and the William & Mary Tribe are set to tip at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday at Kaplan Enviornment. Every of those groups will probably be preventing to maintain a win streak alive because the Phoenix are available in on 4 and the Tribe on three.
Elon’s season wasn’t fairly final yr but it surely’s beginning to appear to be struggles are within the rearview. They walked away with a 70-62 victory over Hampton on Saturday. That is two video games straight that the Phoenix have received by precisely eight factors.
Elon acquired their win on the backs of a number of key gamers, but it surely was Sam Sherry out in entrance who dropped a double-double on 20 factors and 12 rebounds. What’s extra, Sherry additionally posted a 76.9% subject objective proportion, which is the very best he is posted since again in February of 2024. One other participant making a distinction was Nick Dorn, who had 24 factors plus 5 rebounds.
In the meantime, William & Mary rang within the new yr with an 83-76 victory over Stony Brook on Saturday.
A number of gamers turned in stable performances to guide William & Mary to victory, however maybe none extra so than Isaiah Mbeng, who went 5 for 8 en route to fifteen factors plus three steals. The crew additionally acquired some assist courtesy of Chase Lowe, who posted 11 factors plus eight assists and 6 rebounds.
Elon pushed their document as much as 11-4 with the win, which was their sixth straight at residence. As for William & Mary, they’ve been performing effectively not too long ago as they’ve received 5 of their final six video games, which supplied an enormous bump to their 8-7 document this season.
Rebounding is more likely to be a giant issue on this contest: Elon has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 43.8 rebounds per recreation (they’re ranked fourth in rebounds per recreation total). Nevertheless, it is not like William & Mary struggles in that division as they have been averaging 36.5. With each groups battling to corral missed pictures, we’ll see if one crew can seize an edge.
Elon is hoping to beat the percentages on Thursday, because the specialists suppose they’re headed for a loss. These within the unfold do not face a straightforward resolution since they’re 11-3 and William & Mary is 4-4.
Odds
William & Mary is a slight 1.5-point favourite towards Elon, in accordance with the newest school basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had been proper according to the betting neighborhood on this one, as the sport opened as a 1.5-point unfold, and stayed proper there.
The over/underneath is 153.5 factors.
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Sequence Historical past
Elon has received 6 out of their final 10 video games towards William & Mary.
- Feb 29, 2024 – Elon 76 vs. William & Mary 71
- Jan 04, 2024 – William & Mary 77 vs. Elon 70
- Mar 04, 2023 – William & Mary 73 vs. Elon 51
- Feb 23, 2023 – William & Mary 73 vs. Elon 60
- Feb 11, 2023 – Elon 66 vs. William & Mary 55
- Jan 29, 2022 – William & Mary 65 vs. Elon 61
- Jan 27, 2022 – Elon 61 vs. William & Mary 54
- Feb 22, 2021 – Elon 73 vs. William & Mary 54
- Feb 20, 2021 – Elon 75 vs. William & Mary 54
- Mar 08, 2020 – Elon 68 vs. William & Mary 63