Army vs Lafayette Leopards 1/29/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Lafayette Leopards (5-12) vs. Army Black Knights (12-9)
January 29, 2022 1:00 pm EDT
The Line: Army Black Knights -7 / Lafayette Leopards +7; Over/Under: -139.5
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The Lafayette Leopards and the Army Black Knights meet in college basketball action from Christi Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The Lafayette Leopards will look to bounce back from an 81-62 loss to Boston last time out. Neal Quinn leads the Leopards across the board with team-highs of 13.2 PPG, 7.9 RPG and 4.1 APG while Tyrone Perry has 12.3 PPG with 4 RPG and 3.1 APG and Kyle Jenkins has 11.1 PPG with 6.1 RPG as well this season. Leo O’Boyle also has 10.7 PPG for the Leopards as well this season. As a team, Lafayette is averaging 67.4 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field, 32.1% from three and 71.6% from the foul line while allowing 73.9 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field and 35.1% from three this season.
The Army Black Knights will try to bounce back after an 84-71 loss to Lehigh in their last game. Jalen Rucker leads the Black Knights in scoring with 16 PPG along with 4.1 RPG and 2.9 APG while Josh Caldwell has 12.6 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 2.7 APG as well on the year. Charlie Peterson also has 7.6 PPG with a team-high 6 RPG to lead the Black Knights on the glass and Aaron Duhart has a team-high 3.5 APG to lead the Black Knights in assists this season. As a team, Army is averaging 71.7 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 32.5% from three and 61.3% from the foul line while allowing 70.3 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field and 34.5% from three this season.
Lafayette is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Saturday games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Army is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a loss while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 Saturday games.
I get the allure of the points with Lafayette as the Leopards won the first meeting against Army this season, but that game was at home for the Leopards and now they have to go on the road where Army’s been a solid home team this season, both SU and ATS. I think this is a revenge spot for the Black Knights, so give me Army by double digits and lay the points.
