Lipscomb vs Navy 11/30/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Navy Midshipmen and the Lipscomb Bisons meet Wednesday in college basketball action from Allen Arena. Navy enters this matchup at 5-1 overall. The Midshipmen beat Mount St. Mary’s in their last outing. As for Lipscomb, they’re 4-2 on the year and fresh off a win versus Chattanooga. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.

Navy posted consecutive wins right out of the gate this year, taking out William & Mary and Princeton. After a loss to Coppin State, the Midshipmen took out UC San Diego and Youngstown State in their next pair. 

In Saturday’s matchup versus Mount St. Mary’s, the Midshipmen scored 35 points in the first half and 40 more in the second for a 75-59 win. Leading scorer Tyler Nelson put up 18 points, and both Daniel Deaver and Kam Summers added 14 points apiece. 

Over on the Lipscomb side, they took an 85-77 loss to South Dakota in their opener this year. The Bisons beat CU Harrodsburg and Belmont in the next pair, then lost to Notre Dame by one point. Game five was a blowout win over Covenant. 

Lipscomb made it consecutive victories with their matchup versus Chattanooga last Wednesday. The Bisons were up 27-24 by halftime and powered out a 72-66 win. Tops in scoring was Jacob Ognacevic with 21 points. 

PICK: I’m going to take a stab on Lipscomb here. This should be a pretty good matchup overall, as both teams have gotten off to decent starts. Lipscomb has the opener loss to South Dakota and the one-point loss to Notre Dame on their card so far, but the team has been scoring pretty well. The Bisons have hit 72 or more points in five of six games so far. 

As for Navy, they’re doing well offensively themselves, with 68 or more points in all six of their games (and 74 or more in five of them). If both teams play well, this should be a fairly high-scoring and entertaining matchup.