The Holy Cross Crusaders and Lehigh Mountain Hawks meet Wednesday in college basketball action at the Stabler Arena. The Holy Cross Crusaders look for their seventh win. The Lehigh Mountain Hawks look to get back to a .500 record.
The Holy Cross Crusaders are averaging 66.4 points on 43.9 percent shooting and allowing 70.2 points on 43.5 percent shooting. Gerrale Gates is averaging 17.4 points and 2.4 assists, while Bo Montgomery is averaging 11.6 points and 3.9 rebounds. Jospeh Octave is the third double-digit scorer and Will Batchelder is grabbing 1.9 rebounds. The Holy Cross Crusaders are shooting 35.9 percent from beyond the arc and 64.7 percent from the free throw line. The Holy Cross Crusaders are allowing 32.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30 rebounds per game.
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are averaging 71.4 points on 44.7 percent shooting and allowing 72.5 points on 44.4 percent shooting. Evan Taylor is averaging 14.8 points and 1.2 assists, while Keith Higgins Jr. is averaging 14 points and 3.1 rebounds. Tyler Whitney-Sidney is the third double-digit scorer and Jakob Alamudun is grabbing 3.9 rebounds. The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are shooting 37.4 percent from beyond the arc and 71.4 percent from the free throw line. The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are allowing 34.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30.9 rebounds per game.
The Crusaders are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Mountain Hawks are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Wednesday games. The over is 3-1-1 in Crusaders last 5 Wednesday games. The under is 4-1 in Mountain Hawks last 5 Wednesday games. The underdog is 10-2 ATS in the last 12 meetings.
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks aren’t playing well at the moment, so this chalk is a bit confusing. However, it’s just a sign of how bad Holy Cross is. Lehigh is bound to turn things around at home, where it wins by an average of 11.5 points while allowing 38.6 percent shooting. The Holy Cross Crusaders don’t play up to their competition. I’ll lay the chalk.