Colgate vs Navy 1/5/23 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Navy Midshipmen and the Colgate Raiders meet in college basketball action from the Cotterell Court on Thursday night.

The Navy Midshipmen will try to bounce back from a 74-63 loss to High Point last time out. Tyler Nelson leads the Midshipmen in scoring with 13.6 PPG along with 5.6 RPG while Daniel Deaver has 10.4 PPG with a team-high 5.8 RPG and 3.3 APG to lead the Middies in rebounding and assists as the only other double-digit scorer for Navy so far this season this season. As a team, Navy is averaging 72.6 PPG on 46.9% shooting from the field, 40.4% from three and 71.3% from the foul line this season.

The Colgate Raiders will try to add to their 76-60 win over Lehigh last time out. Tucker Richardson leads the Raiders in scoring and assists with 15.5 PPG and 4.8 APG along with 3.9 RPG while Oliver Lynch-Daniels has 11.8 PPG and Keegan Records has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 5.9 RPG to lead the Raiders in rebounding. Braeden Smith has 12.1 PPG and 4.1 RPG, rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for Colgate up to this point in the season. As a team, Colgate is averaging 80.5 PPG on 51.2% shooting from the field, 41.5% from three and 69.5% from the foul line this season.

Navy is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games while the over is 15-2 in their last 17 games overall. Colgate is 15-6 ATS in their last 21 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 home games.

I get the case to be made on either side in this game, but the problem for Navy is that they really looked bad against High Point and I don’t see how that changes against Colgate who might be the team to beat in the Patriot League this season. I just think this one is all Colgate here, so I’ll lay it and play it with the Raiders in this one.