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Bucknell Bison – Lehigh Mountain Hawks Preview – 01.11.2016

The Bucknell Bison will be at Stabler Arena to play the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in a Patriot League matchup. The game gets underway at 7:30 pm ET on Monday, Jan. 11 and will air on CCS.

The Mountain Hawks beat American 65-50 on Saturday. Kahron Ross played well, contributing 13 points, five assists, and three steals for the Mountain Hawks. The Bison are coming off a 98-71 win over Holy Cross on Saturday. John Azzinaro shot 7 for 10 and led in scoring with 21 points.

Over the last five games, Chris Hass has been on fire for the Bison. During that stretch, he has averaged 21.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.8 three-pointers.

Notes

In its last game, Bucknell won by a margin of 27 points. Lehigh is 1-3 in games decided by a margin of 18 points or more. Bucknell has a 4-0 record in blowouts.

With 67.2 possessions and 1.005 points per possession, the Lehigh Mountain Hawks perform worse on both metrics than the Bucknell Bison. Bucknell averages 73.0 possessions and 1.113 points per possession.

Lehigh has an average effective field goal percentage of 48.6%. Bucknell is a subpar 1-6 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.

Bucknell ranks 37th in assists, recording 16.6 per game. Lehigh performs worse at 153rd with 13.9 assists per game.

Bucknell has forced an average turnover percentage of 17.9% this season. Lehigh has a poor 4-7 record when its TO% is 17.9% or higher.

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