Holy Cross vs Army 2/26/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Army Black Knights (14-15) vs. Holy Cross Crusaders (9-20)
February 26, 2022 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: Holy Cross Crusaders +4 / Army Black Knights -4; Over/Under: -139.5
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The Army Black Knights and the Holy Cross Crusaders meet in college basketball action from the Hart Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Army Black Knights will be looking to build on a 73-60 win over Bucknell in their last game. Jalen Rucker leads the Black Knights in scoring with 16.6 PPG along with 3.7 RPG and 3.1 APG while Josh Caldwell has 12.1 PPG with 5.1 RPG and 2.3 APG as well on the year. Charlie Peterson also has 8 PPG with a team-high 5.9 RPG to lead the Black Knights on the glass and Chris Mann also has 8 PPG while Aaron Duhart has a team-high 3.6 APG to lead the Black Knights in assists this season. As a team, Army is averaging 70.3 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 61.6% from the foul line while allowing 70.1 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 35.3% from three this season.
The Holy Cross Crusaders will try to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 78-71 defeat at the hands of Colgate last time out. Gerrale Gates leads the Crusaders in scoring and rebounding with 16.1 PPG along with 8.5 RPG while Kyrell Luc has 13 PPG with a team-high 2.4 APG to make up the duo of double-digit scorers for Holy Cross so far this season. As a team, Holy Cross is averaging 65.6 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field, 34.8% from three and 70.4% from the foul line while allowing 70.9 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field and 36.1% from three this season.
Army is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games against a team with a losing home record and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Holy Cross is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss and 3-10 ATS in their last 13 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 Saturday games.
I get why Army would be favored here, but the underdog’s covered in the last four meetings between these two teams and Holy Cross has actually won back-to-back meetings and 3 of the last 4. Not a game I’m rushing to bet, but I’d side with Holy Cross and the points in this one if forced to pick.
