The No. 4 seed Hartford Hawks (14-8) and the No. 6 UMass-Lowell River Hawks (11-11) will meet to determine the America East conference champion on Saturday at 11:00 AM ET, live on ESPN2. Hartford holds the advantage, as bookmakers favor the Hawks by 2.5 points to claim the automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament bracket.
The betting insights in this article reflect betting data from DraftKings as of March 13, 2021, 2:10 AM ET. See table below for current betting odds and CLICK HERE to bet at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Betting Odds
Hartford Betting Information
- The Hawks have put together a 10-7-1 record against the spread this season.
- The Hawks have a winning record against the spread when favored by 2.5 points or more, going 4-2 this season.
- Only 7 of 18 Hartford games this season (38.9%) resulted in a total greater than the contest’s over/under.
- The Hawks defeated Vermont 71-65 in their last outing on Saturday. Austin Williams scored a team-high 25 points to lead the team to the victory. They covered the spread as 9-point underdogs, and the teams combined to hit the over on the 132 point total.
Against the Spread (ATS) records are only reflective of games that had odds on them.
Hartford Players to Watch
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Williams | 22 | 13.6 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Traci Carter | 22 | 11.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Miroslave Stafl | 17 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Hunter Marks | 22 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| DJ Mitchell | 22 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
UMass-Lowell Betting Information
- UMass-Lowell has played as expected this season with an even 9-9 record ATS.
- For the sixth time this season, the River Hawks are at least a 2.5-point underdog, where they have a record of 2-3 against the spread.
- The River Hawks and their opponents have typically failed to covered the total points bet this season, doing so in 38.9% (7) of their 18 games played.
- Their last time out, the River Hawks saw Connor Withers score a team-high 28 points to lead them to a 79-77 win against UMBC on Saturday. They covered the spread as 5-point underdogs, and the teams scored 156 total points to top the 138.5-point over/under.
Against the Spread (ATS) records are only reflective of games that had odds on them.
UMass-Lowell Players to Watch
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obadiah Noel | 18 | 20.6 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Connor Withers | 20 | 11.5 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Kalil Thomas | 21 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Bryce Daley | 22 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Salif Boudie | 22 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Total Facts
- In Hartford’s matchups this season, the Hawks and their opponents have gone over Saturday’s point total of 136 points eight times (36.4% of opportunities).
- In 68.2% of UMass-Lowell’s games this season (15 of 22), the total points scored was greater than Saturday’s 136-point over/under.
- The Hawks average 66 points per game against the River Hawks’ 69.3, totaling 0.7 points under the game’s total of 136.
- The 135.1 points per game these two teams allow their opponents to score on average this season are 0.9 fewer than the 136 over/under in this contest.
- The Hawks have seen a 129.8 average over/under in their games this season, 6.2 points fewer than the over/under in this matchup.
- The over/under for this matchup is 4.5 points fewer than the average over/under in River Hawks games this season (140.5 points).
Head to Head
| Date | Favorite | Home Team | Spread | Total | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Game Type | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/10/2021 | UMass-Lowell | UMass-Lowell | -3 | 137.5 | -158 | +129 | Regular Season | 75-58 HRTFRD |
| 1/9/2021 | UMass-Lowell | UMass-Lowell | -2 | 136.5 | -135 | +112 | Regular Season | 71-62 UMASSL |
| 3/7/2020 | Hartford | Hartford | -1.5 | 144 | -125 | +105 | Conference Tournament | 89-75 HRTFRD |
| 2/15/2020 | N/A | Hartford | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Regular Season | 74-67 UMASSL |
| 1/8/2020 | UMass-Lowell | UMass-Lowell | -6 | 143 | -265 | +213 | Regular Season | 80-68 HRTFRD |
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