The Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs take on the High Point Panthers in the Big South Tournament. Tip-off is set for 12 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
High Point is favored by 15 points on the spread with a moneyline of -1300. The total is set at 155.5 points.
Here are my Gardner Webb vs. High Point predictions and college basketball picks for March 7, 2025.
Gardner Webb vs High Point Prediction
My Pick: High Point -12.5
My Gardner Webb vs High Point best bet is on the Panthers spread, with the best odds currently available at DraftKings. For all of your college basketball bets, find the best lines using our live NCAAB odds page.
Gardner Webb vs High Point Odds, Lines
| Gardner-Webb Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+15 -110 | 155.5 -110 / -110 | +550 |
| High Point Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-15 -110 | 155.5 -110 / -110 | -800 |
- Gardner-Webb vs High Point spread: High Point -15
- Gardner-Webb vs High Point over/under: 155.5 points
- Gardner-Webb vs High Point moneyline: High Point -1300, Gardner-Webb +800
- Gardner-Webb vs High Point best bet: High Point -12.5
My Gardner-Webb vs High Point NCAAB Betting Preview
Does Gardner-Webb have a shot of hanging with the mighty High Point Panthers after blowing out USC Upstate on Wednesday?
I don’t think so.
Alan Huss has this offense cooking. The Panthers are an elite ball-screen and isolation offense, two things that the Bulldogs have no shot of defending.
Gardner-Webb is arguably the worst ball-screen coverage defense in the nation (1.04 PPP allowed, 362nd nationally, per Synergy), and the Bulldogs are far below average in isolation defense (.92 PPP allowed, 23rd percentile, per Synergy).
Unsurprisingly, the Panthers dropped over 90 points in both regular-season meetings.
On the other end of the court, the Runnin’ Bulldogs are an onomatopoeia, playing almost exclusively in transition.
Unfortunately for them, High Point is an elite transition-denial defense (.98 PPP allowed, 76th percentile on low-volume, per Synergy).
The Bulldogs scored just 30 points on 31 transition possessions across the two matchups (.97 PPP, per Synergy), finishing with 55 points in the first matchup and 67 in the second matchup.
I expect nothing different on either end of the court in the third meeting between these two.
EvanMiya projects the Panthers as 18-point neutral-court favorites, and I suspect this will be another convincing win for High Point, especially when factoring in the extra rest.
