Army vs Holy Cross College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/20/21

The Holy Cross Crusaders and the Army Black Knights meet in college basketball action from Christi Arena on Saturday afternoon.

The Holy Cross Crusaders will try to bounce back from a 78-69 loss to Boston last time out. Gerrale Gates leads Holy Cross in scoring with 17.4 PPG with 7.6 RPG while Austin Butler has 14.2 PPG with 8.6 RPG to lead the Crusaders on the glass as the team’s top rebounder. Matt Far has 10.3 PPG with 5.9 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Holy Cross this season while R.J. Johnson has 8.3 PPG and a team-high 4.6 APG. As a team, Holy Cross is averaging 70.2 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field, 34.9% from 3-point range and 69.2% from the foul line while allowing 78.6 PPG on 47.1% from the field and 36.4% from 3-point range this season.

The Army Black Knights will be out to bounce back from back-to-back losses to Colgate following a 92-83 loss last time out. Lonnie Grayson leads the Black Knights in scoring with 14 PPG and 5.5 RPG while Josh Caldwell has 12.1 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 2.2 steals per game and Alex King has 11.1 PPG with 4.3 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Army up to this point in the season. Jalen Rucker has 9.6 PPG with 3 APG and Nick Finke has 6.6 RPG as well to lead the Black Knights in rebounding. As a team, Army is averaging 74.6 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 33.9% from 3-point range and 61.7% from the foul line while allowing 70.5 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field and 33.3% from 3-point range this season.

Holy Cross is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games while the over is 6-2 in their last 8 games overall. Army is 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games overall and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 home games while the over is 11-3 in their last 14 Saturday games. The road team is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings between these two teams.

I get why you could make a case for Holy Cross and the points as Army’s stumbled in their last couple of games, but those games were against the better teams in the conference like Colgate and Navy. Otherwise, Army’s been pretty good at knocking off whoever has been in their way, and I think it’s just another obstacle for Army hat they overcome here. I’ll lay the points with the Black Knights as Holy Cross just won’t be able to keep up here.