The Princeton Tigers seek their first win of the 2022-23 season when they visit the UMBC Retrievers on Monday. Princeton (0-2) has lost its first two games by a combined seven points and is coming off a 74-73 setback at Navy on Friday. UMBC (1-1) dropped its opener at Tulane but bounced back with a 92-65 home triumph over Penn State-York last Thursday. The Tigers posted an 89-77 victory last season to improve to 3-0 in the all-time series.

Tip-off at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena is set for 6 p.m. ET. The Tigers are 5.5-point favorites in the latest Princeton vs. UMBC odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 152.5. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page.)

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Severance is a well-connected writer and handicapper who has worked in the industry since 2005. Over the past two college basketball seasons, Matt is 391-286 (plus $2,714). He has been on a roll during the early stages of the 2022-23 college basketball season, going 13-4 in his last 17 picks. Anyone following him is WAY UP.

Severance knows Princeton nearly came all the way back from a 23-point deficit against Navy, reducing it to a single point before succumbing. Senior forward Keeshawn Kellman led the Tigers with 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting after going 9-for-9 from the field for 21 against Hofstra in the season opener. Junior guard Matt Allocco recorded a career-high 19 points versus the Midshipmen while senior forward Tosan Evbuomwan, who had 18 points, seven assists and five rebounds in the win over UMBC last season, registered 15 points and nine boards.

The expert also knows senior forward Yaw Obeng-Mensah had a strong performance last time out, recording a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds as UMBC won its seventh straight home opener. Senior guard Colton Lawrence added 13 points against Penn State-York after scoring a team-high 14 versus Tulane. Senior forward Jarvis Doles also registered 13 points off the bench for the Retrievers.

Now, Severance has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Princeton vs. UMBC. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any college basketball picks of your own.

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