Holy Cross vs Boston University 2/16/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Boston U Terriers and the Holy Cross Crusaders meet in college basketball action from the Hart Center on Wednesday night.

The Boston U Terriers will look to build on their three-game win streak after an 85-67 win over American last time out. Javante McCoy leads the Terriers in scoring and assists with 16.6 PPG and 2.9 APG while Walter Whyte has 13.2 PPG with 6 RPG and Sukhmail Mathon has 14.9 PPG with a team-high 10.1 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Boston U up to this point in the season. As a team, Boston is averaging 70.8 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 35.6% from three and 74.9% from the foul line while allowing 66.3 PPG on 45% shooting from the field and 33.8% from three this season.

The Holy Cross Crusaders will look to bounce back from a 60-54 loss to American last time out. Gerrale Gates leads the Crusaders in scoring and rebounding with 15.6 PPG along with 8.2 RPG while Kyrell Luc has 13.4 PPG with a team-high 2.1 APG to make up the duo of double-digit scorers for Holy Cross so far this season. Judson Martindale also has 8.6 PPG with 3.5 RPG for the Crusaders this season. As a team, Holy Cross is averaging 66 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field, 34.4% from three and 70.6% from the foul line while allowing 70.7 PPG on 46.3% shooting from the field and 35.7% from three this season.

Boston U is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 7-0 in their last 7 games overall. Holy Cross is 14-31 ATS in their last 45 home games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games following a loss.

I get the case to be made either way in this one, but I think my stronger play is going to be towards the over in this one. I lean towards Boston U with how good the Terriers have been ATS on the road, but the issue I have is that this is a lot of points. The reason I like the over is that both teams can score, Boston’s been scoring well into the 70s as of late and Holy Cross can hang if need be. Either way I see this one getting into the 140s, so give me the over in this one.