
Army vs Navy Prediction 1/26/25 College Basketball Picks Today
Navy (6-14) vs. Army (11-8)
January 26, 2025 3:30 pm EDT
The Line: Army -1.5 ; Over/Under: 142.5
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The Navy Midshipmen and the Army Black Knights meet Sunday in college basketball action from Christl Arena. Here’s an Army vs Navy prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Army vs Navy pick.
Navy Midshipmen Betting Preview
There aren’t a lot of positives to list for Navy at this point in the 2024-25 season. The Midshipmen have just two instances of consecutive wins, and otherwise, it’s been a long string of losses. During their ugly 3-10 start, the Midshipmen beat only Harvard, Washington MD, and Penn. Otherwise, it was losses to St Joseph’s, Rider, Campbell, Quinnipiac, Elon, Maine, NJIT, Virginia Tech, Coppin State, and William & Mary in that time. After two more wins over American U and Lafayette, Navy hit losses to Holy Cross, Loyola MD, Colgate, and Bucknell in the next four games before stopping the bleeding with a win over Boston U. The result so far has been a 6-14 run through the first 20 games of the season for the Midshipmen.
In the Boston U matchup back on Wednesday, the Midshipmen came out of the break looking up at a 33-19 advantage on the scoreboard. Navy was able to keep it going from there on a 29-28 advantage, eventually powering out the win 62-47. Leading the team in scoring was Austin Benigni with 21 points, four rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Both Jordan Pennick and Jinwoo Kim added 13 points apiece, combining for four assists as well.
Army Black Knights Betting Preview
Over on the Army side, they’ve had a pretty wild season so far. The Knights opened on a decent run, then hit the skids in December/January before recovering over the last five games. Army kicked things off with a 5-3 stretch featuring wins over Albany, Mount Saint Mary NY, Fairleigh Dickinson, SUNY Maritime, and Le Moyne (with losses otherwise versus Duke, Marist, and Manhattan). A 1-5 run came next, featuring losses to Cornell, George Washington, Binghamton, Colgate, and Boston U alongside a lone win over UTSA. Army is 5-0 in their last quintet, though. Those victories have come versus Loyola Maryland, Lehigh, Lafayette, Boston U, and Holy Cross, giving the Black Knights an 11-8 overall run through the first 21 outings.
Matched up against Holy Cross in their Wednesday outing, the Knights came out of the locker room with a 35-29 advantage. Army was outscored 42-41 the rest of the way but held on for the win 76-71 in the end. Tops in scoring was Josh Scovens with his 25 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Ryan Curry added 24 points with six rebounds and four assists, while Blake Barker doubled up on 11 points and 12 rebounds in 37 minutes of work.
Why the Army Black Knights will win
- Navy has lost each of its last seven road games.
- The home team has won 10 of Navy’s last 11 games.
- Army has won the first half in four of its last five games against the Patriot League.
Why the Navy Midshipmen will win
- Navy has won four of its last five games against Army.
- Army has lost 11 of its last 12 Sunday games.
- Navy has won the first half in each of its last five day games against the Patriot League.
Army vs Navy Prediction
I’ll have to stay with Army. The Knights are coming off a good win over a middling Holy Cross team, shooting 47.6 percent from the field with a 36-35 rebounding edge and 12 team assists. Army scored 20 points off 14 Crusaders turnovers, which really helped pace the victory. During this current five-game win streak Army has posted 68 or more points in every outing and 74 or more in three of them. They’ll have plenty of offensive firepower to use on Navy.
Speaking of Navy, they finally put together a decent performance in their last game versus a 9-11 Boston U squad. The Midshipmen posted 43.9 percent from the field in that one, along with a 35-29 rebounding advantage. There were still plenty of flaws though. Navy had 16 turnovers for 15 Terriers points and missed six of their 23 free throws (73.9 percent). Still, it was a much-needed win. Unfortunately for Navy, Army is going to serve as a much tougher opponent. The Midshipmen have been below 70 points in four of the last five games so I don’t think they’ve got the gas to keep pace in this one.