Lehigh Mountain Hawks (5-8) vs. Bucknell Bison (7-8)
January 5, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Bucknell Bison -7.5 / Lehigh Mountain Hawks +7.5; Over/Under: +142.5
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The Lehigh Mountain Hawks and Bucknell Bison meet Thursday in college basketball action at the Sojka Pavilion. The Lehigh Mountain Hawks look for their sixth win. The Bucknell Bison look to get back to a .500 record.
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are averaging 71.8 points on 43.9 percent shooting and allowing 72.8 points on 43.9 percent shooting. Keith Higgins Jr. is averaging 14.2 points and 2.2 assists, while Evan Taylor is averaging 13.1 points and 5.1 rebounds. Tyler Whitney-Sidney is the third double-digit scorer and Jakob Alamudun is grabbing 4.5 rebounds. The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are shooting 36.7 percent from beyond the arc and 69.2 percent from the free throw line. The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are allowing 35.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.5 rebounds per game.
The Bucknell Bison are averaging 71.8 points on 48.5 percent shooting and allowing 66.9 points on 39.8 percent shooting. Xander Rice is averaging 15.9 points and 2.6 rebounds, while Andre Screen is averaging 11.3 points and 2 assists. Alex Timmerman is the third double-digit scorer and Elvin Edmonds IV is grabbing 2.7 rebounds. The Bucknell Bison are shooting 39.8 percent from beyond the arc and 69.8 percent from the free throw line. The Bucknell Bison are allowing 32.9 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.2 rebounds per game.
The Mountain Hawks are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 Thursday games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Bison are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The over is 4-1 in Mountain Hawks last 5 road games. The over is 5-2 in Bison last 7 Thursday games. The home team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings.
The Bucknell Bison are the better team and odds are in their favor even more at home. However, Bucknell isn’t playing well at the moment, losing their last 5 games by an average of 9.8 points while shooting 40.4 percent from the field. I’m not thrilled to back the Lehigh Mountain Hawks, but I can’t side with Bucknell in its current form.
