CBB Conf Champ Week Saturday Play🏀🚨
Kenyon Giles O 20.5 PTS [Wichita St]
play pts to 21.5, PA to 22.5
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Giles and his Wichita St Shockers find themselves in a great situation on Saturday, as their opponent Tulsa just had a 3OT slugfest akin to Rocky vs Creed, where it was obvious both teams had completely run out of gas. This only helps a guy like Giles, an unbelievable chucker (avg 16.6 FGA/g), who has taken 45 shots in 2 games vs Tulsa this season. Outside of solid history against this team, Giles also comes into this game having scored 22 pts in 6 out of his last 7 games.
Tulsa has often opted to shut off the water to secondary and tertiary scorers, allowing high usage players to get up plenty of shots:
Riley - 26pts (21fga/12fta)
Giles - 31pts (27fga/4fta), 17pts (18fga/2fta)
Stevenson - 21pts (22fga/10fta), 19pts (18fga/3fta), 21pts (14fga/6fta)
Enis - 32pts (21fga, 3fta), 20pts (11fga/8fta)
Simpson - 20pts (17fga/4fta)
Ford - 23pts (11fga/5fta)
With a 1.5pt spread and the season on the line, Giles should scarcely leave the floor and shoot at least 17 times; with 17 FGA and 36 mins, Giles has gone over in 11/15 games. When Wichita also surpasses 65 points as a team, he has scored 22 in 11/12 matchups.
Against bottom 6 AAC teams by rim paint FGA% allowed:
Memphis - 18ppg, 39 shots in 2 games (14, 22)
ECU - 25.5ppg, 38 shots in 2 games (27, 24)
USF - 23ppg, 44 shots in 2 games (22, 24)
UTSA - 28ppg, 28 shots in 1 game (28)
Tulsa - 24ppg, 45 shots in 2 games (31, 17)
Charlotte - 25ppg, 42 shots in 2 games (27, 23)