It’s the second all-time meeting between these schools. Wagner defeated the Bison, 79-54, during the 1997-98 season.
Why Bet on the Wagner Seahawks?
Wagner was just 7-9 in regular season NEC action but stormed its way to the surprising conference tournament title by beating third-seeded Sacred Heart in the quarterfinals, top-seeded Central Connecticut in the semifinals and No. 2 seed Merrimack in the final – all true road games for the Seahawks. They became the first NEC team to win three road games’ en route to a conference championship.
Junior Tahron Allen led Wagner with 22 points in the title game, while junior Melvin Council Jr. joined Allen in double figures with 12 points. Sophomore Keyontae Lewis had eight points and 12 rebounds in the victory. This is the Seahawks’ second tournament appearance in school history and their first showing since 2003, when they lost to Pittsburgh, 87-61, in the opening round.
Council Jr. is the team’s best player and was named first-team All-NEC. In the regular season, he was the conference leader with 35.82 minutes per game while ranking fourth in the circuit in scoring (15.3 ppg), eighth in rebounding (5.
, sixth in assists (3.61), and third in assist/turnover ratio (2.02). Council scored at least 20 points in seven games and had four double-doubles.Full article here 👉 https://nitrobetting.eu/news/wagner-vs-howard-2024-first-four-odds/