Sacred Heart vs Holy Cross 12/22/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Holy Cross Crusaders (3-9) vs. Sacred Heart Pioneers (5-8)
December 22, 2022 11:30 am EDT
The Line: Sacred Heart Pioneers -6.5 / Holy Cross Crusaders +6.5; Over/Under: +144
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The Holy Cross Crusaders and the Sacred Heart Pioneers meet in college basketball action from the Pitt Health and Recreation Center on Thursday night.
The Holy Cross Crusaders will try to snap a three-game losing skid after a 78-60 loss to New Hampshire last time out. Gerrale Gates leads the Crusaders in scoring, assists and rebounding with 17.1 PPG, 2.5 APG and 8.4 RPG while Bo Montgomery has 11.5 PPG with 3.7 RPG to cap off the pair of double-digit scorers for Holy Cross up to this point in the year. As a team, Holy Cross is averaging 66.8 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field, 36.6% from three and 65.4% from the foul line this season.
The Sacred Heart Pioneers will try to snap a five-game losing streak after a 77-59 loss to Saint Joseph’s last time out. Nico Galette leads the Pioneers in scoring with 15.6 PPG along with 6.8 RPG while Raheem Solomon has 13.2 PPG. Aidan Carpenter has 11.3 PPG and Joey Reilly has 10.5 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Sacred Heart so far this season. Bryce Johnson also has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG and Mike Sixsmith has a team-high 3.3 APG as well this season. As a team, Sacred Heart is averaging 70.7 PPG on 41% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three and 68.6% from the foul line this season.
Holy Cross is 16-35 ATS in their last 51 games against a team with a losing record and 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 Thursday games. Sacred Heart is 2-9 ATS in their last 11 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 home games.
I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m looking at the under here. Sacred Heart’s offense has fallen off of a cliff in recent games, scoring 66 or less in six straight games while Holy Cross has been in the same boat for the better part of the season with the 310th-ranked scoring offense in the country. Give me the under in a first to 60 wins kind of game.
