The Holy Cross Crusaders and the Colgate Raiders meet in college basketball action from Cotterell Court on Monday night.
The Holy Cross Crusaders will look to build on a three-game winning streak after a 69-65 win over Army last time out. Gerrale Gates leads the Crusaders in scoring and rebounding with 15.6 PPG along with 8.4 RPG while Kyrell Luc has 12.7 PPG with a team-high 2 APG to make up the duo of double-digit scorers for Holy Cross so far this season. Judson Martindale also has 9.6 PPG with 4 RPG for the Crusaders this season. As a team, Holy Cross is averaging 66.1 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 34.9% from three and 70.4% from the foul line while allowing 70.7 PPG on 46% shooting from the field and 34.6% from three this season.
The Colgate Raiders will try to build on a three-game win streak of their own after an 86-68 win over American last time out. Nelly Cummings leads the Raiders in scoring with 15.7 PPG while Tucker Richardson has 11.3 PPG, 5.6 RPG and a team-high 3.9 APG and Jack Ferguson has 12.2 PPG. Ryan Moffatt has 10.3 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Colgate so far this season. Keegan Records also has 9.2 PPG and 5.6 RPG as well this season. As a team, Colgate is averaging 75 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 39.8% from three and 71.9% from the foul line while allowing 69.3 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field and 33.9% from three this season.
Holy Cross is 7-19 ATS in their last 26 games following a win and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Colgate is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 while the under is 6-1-1 in their last 8 Monday games.
I get why Colgate is such a heavy favorite at home here as the Raiders have been a cover machine as of late and have been piling up convincing wins. However, while Holy Cross is far from a world-beater, the Crusaders have won three straight, all against teams in the top half of the Patriot League and while I’m not sure they get an outright win here, I do think Holy Cross is more than capable of keeping this respectable so give me the Crusaders and the points in this one.