3 College Basketball Player Props for Wednesday, December 18
Add a little spice to your Wednesday by checking out our college basketball player props for December 18. We've got 3 plays on tap in this article.
Jayden Epps and Georgetown try to pick up their second big win of the season against Creighton, while UConn’s freshman star Liam McNeeley will run Xavier out of the gym in Hartford.
G Jayden Epps (Georgetown) OVER 14.5 Points
Does Ed Cooley have the Hoyas back on the map? Georgetown’s test against Creighton this afternoon will answer that question. Georgetown sits at 8-2 on the season with their only top-tier win coming over Syracuse.
With that, the key player for Georgetown whether win or loss against Creighton will be Jayden Epps. The guard is averaging 15.5 PPG on the season shooting 36.4% from downtown.
Coming off a 27-point outing in ‘Cuse, I’m looking for Epps to take about 20 shots in this matchup as the Hoyas will struggle to score inside the paint against Kalkbrenner.
F Liam McNeeley (UConn) OVER 2.5 Assists
Coming off a massive win against Gonzaga, Liam McNeeley, Dan Hurley, and the champs are back on track. The Huskies have bounced back from their three-game Bahamas skid to win four games in a row – three of them coming against Baylor, Texas, and now the Zags.
Their freshman wingman Liam McNeeley is a massive part of this run, averaging 16.5 PPG and just over 2 dimes in these four victories. As they begin Big East play against Xavier, the belief is that Hurley will give McNeeley some more on-ball duties while playing his starters longer minutes throughout the game.
UConn’s recent success against the Musketeers including three straight wins (two blowouts) leads us to believe that ball movement will boost the Huskies’ assist numbers as they pick up another big win. Hurley versus Sean Miller? Give me McNeeley and the Huskies.
C Danny Wolf (Michigan) OVER 15.5 PA
Danny Wolf has catapulted onto the NBA Draft scene because of how Dusty May has utilized the big man this season. After Michigan’s close loss to a tough Arkansas team, they head to North Carolina to play Oklahoma in the Jumpman Invitational.
The Yale transfer is starting to find his rhythm and should lead Michigan to a bounce-back win in this game. He’s had 4+ assists in five of ten games while dropping 13+ points in each of his last four games.
Wolf is a budding college basketball star who could end up averaging 15/10/5 by the end of the season and this might be one of the breakout games for the ultra-talented big.