Navy vs Lafayette 2/7/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Lafayette Leopards (7-14) vs. Navy Midshipmen (15-8)
February 7, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Navy Midshipmen -9.5 / Lafayette Leopards +9.5; Over/Under: -125.5
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The Lafayette Leopards and the Navy Midshipmen meet in college basketball action from the Alumni Hall on Monday night.
The Lafayette Leopards will look to build on back-to-back wins after a 74-72 OT win over Bucknell last time out. Neal Quinn leads the Leopards across the board with team-highs of 14.1 PPG, 8.2 RPG and 4 APG while Tyrone Perry has 11.5 PPG with 3.8 RPG and 3.1 APG and Kyle Jenkins has 10.9 PPG with 6.4 RPG as well this season. Leo O’Boyle also has 10.6 PPG for the Leopards as well this season. As a team, Lafayette is averaging 67 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field, 31.4% from three and 70.4% from the foul line while allowing 72.5 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field and 35.4% from three this season.
The Navy Midshipmen will look to build on their 56-55 win over Loyola-Maryland last time out. John Carter Jr. leads the Middies in scoring with 13.3 PPG along with 4.4 RPG while Greg Summers has 10.0 PPG with team-highs of 4.9 RPG and 2.4 APG to lead the Midshipmen on the glass and in assists this season. Tyler Nelson has 8.1 PPG with 4.4 RPG as well this season. As a team, Navy is averaging 66 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field, 33.8% from three and 67.6% from the foul line while allowing 60.3 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field and 31.8% from three this season.
Lafayette is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the under is 8-1 in their last 9 road games. Navy is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 games following a win.
I get the allure of points with the Leopards and the points after back-to-back wins but the Leopards haven’t been able to sustain positive results. Also, the Leopards didn’t look good against Navy in the first meeting this season. On the other hand, Navy has been playing better as of late, but this does feel like a lot of points and no result would surprise me here. Instead, I’m going to side with the under as I see Lafayette struggling against Navy’s defense and I see this being a first to 60 wins kind of game. Give me the under.
