The Drexel Dragons (0-2) square off against the Monmouth Hawks (1-1) at John A Daskalakis Center. Action gets underway at 2:00 pm ET on Saturday, Nov. 21.
The Dragons are hoping for a better outcome after their 75-66 loss to High Point on Wednesday. Tavon Allen finished with 21 points to lead the team. The Hawks, meanwhile, are coming off a 101-90 loss to USC on Monday. Justin Robinson led the game in scoring with 28 points.
Drexel is a small one-point underdog in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is sitting at 142 points. While the Dragons are 0-2 Straight Up (SU) so far, they’ve managed an Against The Spread (ATS) record of 1-0 so far. Teams really have to fight for three-pointers against the Dragons, who have allowed only 4.0 three-pointers to opponents per game.
Over on the other bench, the Hawks have 1-1 SU and ATS records. The Hawks convert their free throws at a high percentage, ranking eighth in the nation at .811. Don’t expect Monmouth to give away the ball much on offense, where its 10.0 turnovers per game ranks 30th in the country.
Drexel and Monmouth have not played one another in a regular season matchup in recent years.
Predictions: SU Winner – Monm, ATS Winner – Monm, O/U – Over
Notes
Drexel is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games.
Drexel is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Monmouth.
With 68.8 possessions and 1.068 points per possession, the Drexel Dragons perform worse on both metrics than the Monmouth Hawks. Monmouth averages 81.2 possessions and 1.072 points per possession.
The Drexel Dragons average an effective field goal percentage of 54.2% this season. The Monmouth Hawks are a winless 0-1 when opponents have an eFG% of 54.2% or greater.
Monmouth, the 64th-ranked team in blocked shots, registers an average of 5.5 per game. Drexel does worse, ranked 107th with 4.5.
Monmouth averages a forced turnover percentage of 20.3% this season. When the Drexel Dragons suffer a turnover rate equal to or exceeding this, the team is winless with a 0-1 record.
