Lehigh vs Lafayette 2/12/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

 The Lafayette Leopards and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks meet in college basketball action from t he Stabler Arena on Saturday afternoon.

The Lafayette Leopards will look to bounce back from a 68-44 loss to Navy last time out. Neal Quinn leads the Leopards across the board with team-highs of 14.1 PPG, 8.1 RPG and 3.8 APG while Tyrone Perry has 11.1 PPG with 3.8 RPG and 3 APG and Kyle Jenkins has 10.6 PPG with 6.1 RPG as well this season. Leo O’Boyle also has 10.5 PPG for the Leopards as well this season. As a team, Lafayette is averaging 66 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three and 68.9% from the foul line while allowing 72.3 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field and 35.6% from three this season.

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks will try to bounce back from a 78-62 loss to Colgate last time out. Evan Taylor leads the Mountain Hawks in scoring and rebounding with 14.2 PPG along with 5.9 RPG while Jeameril Watson has 11.2 PPG with 5 RPG to make up the duo of double-digit scorers for Lehigh so far this season. Nic Lynch has 9 PPG as well this season. As a team, Lehigh is averaging 67.4 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 36.9% from three and 72.2% from the foul line while allowing 71.5 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field and 34.5% from three this season.

Lafayette is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games while the under is 13-3 in their last 16 road games. Lehigh is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record and 4-1 ATs in their last 5 games following an ATS loss while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games following an ATS loss.

I think a case could be made either way here as these are two of the bottom feeders in the Patriot League this season. However, Lehihg’s shown a little bit more offensive punch and Lafayette’s main struggles this season have ended up coming on the road. I just think this is a tough spot for the Leopards, so I’ll lay the points with Lehigh at home in this one.