The Lehigh Mountain Hawks and the Colgate Raiders meet Wednesday in the college basketball Patriot League Tournament Championship at the Norfolk Scope. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Lehigh vs. Colgate prediction.
Lehigh Team Preview
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks booked their spot in the title game after picking up an 84-79 OT win over Boston University last time out. Tyler Whitney-Sidney leads the Mountain Hawks in scoring and assists with 15.4 PPG and 2 APG while Keith Higgins Jr. has 12.8 PPG with 3.7 RPG and Dominic Parolin has 11.5 PPG with a team-high 6.2 RPG to lead the Mountain Hawks in rebounding while rounding out the trio of double-digit scorers for Lehigh up to this point in the year. As a team, Lehigh is averaging 73.3 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 32.8% from three and 73.9% from the foul line this season.
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Colgate Team Preview
The Colgate Raiders punched their ticket to the championship after taking out Bucknell 68-65. Braeden Smith leads the Raiders In scoring and assists with 12.5 PPG and 5.8 APG along with 5.3 RPG while Ryan Moffatt has 10.7 PPG and 4.3 RPG. Keegan Records has 11 PPG along with a team-high 6.4 RPG to lead the Raiders in rebounding as the last double-digit scorer for Colgate up to this point in the year. As a team, Colgate is averaging 71.4 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field, 36.5% from three and 68.2% from the foul line this season.
Lehigh vs. Colgate Prediction
I’m on Lehigh here. Colgate’s been the class of the Patriot League for years now and there’s no indication they won’t continue to be as they have every reason to believe they’ll win this game. However, the two meetings with Lehigh this season were decided by three points apiece, and this has just been a tight fixture this season. Colgate’s also had their fair share of close calls in conference play as well and I think with a conference title and a spot in the NCAA tournament on the line, I think we could have another close one here. Give me Lehigh and the points.