The Siena Saints and the Army Black Knights meet in college basketball action from Christi Arena on Tuesday night.
The Siena Saints come into this game looking to rebound from a 65-56 loss to Bucknell in their last game. Colby Robers leads the Saints in scoring with 13.5 PPG while Jackson Stormo has 12.3 PPG and 8 RPG as well this season to lead Siena on the glass. Andrew Platek has 10.7 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Siena up to this point in the year while Javian MCCollum has a team-high 2.8 APG as well this season. As a team, Siena is averaging 59.5 PPG on 38.3% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 69.4% from the foul line while allowing 76.2 PPG on 47.8% shooting from the field and 43.4% from three this season.
The Army Black Knights will be out to add to a 65-61 win over Marist last time out. Jalen Rucker leads the Black Knights in scoring with 16.7 PPG while Josh Caldwell has 13.5 PPG with 5.5 RPG and 4.3 APG and Charlie Peterson has 11.3 PPg with a team-high 6.5 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Army so far this season. Aaron Duhart also has a team-high 4.3 APG as well for the Black Knights this season. As a team, Army is averaging 70.4 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 29.7% from three and 64.2% from the foul line while allowing 64.3 PPG on 38.3% shooting from the field and 29.3% from three this season.
Siena is 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 games following an ATS loss while the over is 6-1-1 in their last 8 Tuesday games. Army is 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.
I think the key to the total for this game is whether or not you trust Siena’s defense to hold Army down enough to keep the total under. However recent results suggest that that’s going to be easier said than done and I just think that this is going to be a game that finishes just over the number at the final horn. Give me the over.