The Army Black Knights and the Lafayette Leopards meet in college basketball action from the Kirby Sports Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Army Black Knights will look to build on their 73-63 win over Boston U last time out. Jalen Rucker leads the Black Knights in scoring with 15.3 PPG along with 4.5 RPG and 2.9 APG while Josh Caldwell has 13.1 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 2.9 APG as well on the year. Charlie Peterson also has 8.4 PPG with a team-high 6.4 RPG to lead the Black Knights on the glass and Aaron Duhart has a team-high 3.5 APG to lead the Black Knights in assists this season. As a team, Army is averaging 72.4 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field, 32.6% from three and 60.9% from the foul line while allowing 69.8 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field and 34.2% from three this season.
The Lafayette Leopards will try to bounce back from a 74-60 loss to Loyola-Maryland last time out. Neal Quinn leads the Leopards across the board with team-highs of 13 PPG, 7.9 RPG and 4.1 APG while Tyrone Perry has 12.2 PPG with 3.9 RPG and 3 APG and Kyle Jenkins has 10.8 PPG with 6.2 RPG as well this season. Leo O’Boyle also has 9.9 PPG for the Leopards as well this season. As a team, Lafayette is averaging 67.6 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 71.5% from the foul line while allowing 76.1 PPG on 45.2% shooting from the field and 35.2% from three this season.
Army is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 7-1 ATS in their last 8 road games against a team with a losing home record while the under is 12-5 in their last 17 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400. Lafayette is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 0-7 ATS in their last 7 home games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games following an ATS loss.
I get the allure of a home dog in most spots, but Lafayette’s really been struggling and provide very little value even getting points at home. Army is the better team here playing better basketball and simply put, this line doesn’t make sense to me. Give me the Black Knights in this one.