The Lehigh Mountain Hawks will be at Case Gym to take on the Boston University Terriers in a Patriot League matchup. The game gets underway at 12:00 pm ET on Sunday, Jan. 31 and will air on CCS.
The Terriers were victorious over Army 76-67 on Wednesday. With 17 points and 18 rebounds, Nathan Dieudonne recorded his fifth double-double this season. The Mountain Hawks are coming off a 79-70 win over Colgate on Wednesday. Austin Price shot 10 for 15 and led in scoring with 28 points.
This will be the second matchup of the season between these two teams. The Mountain Hawks won the first game 81-73. Tim Kempton played a huge role in the victory by recording a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Boston University is a three-point favorite in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is 148 points. The Terriers enter the game with records of 10-11-1 Straight Up (SU) and 1-1 Against The Spread (ATS). They have struggled ATS recently, going 0-1.
On the other side, The Mountain Hawks have yet to cover the spread in any of their matchups, going 0-1 ATS along with their SU record of 6-13. In the last 10 games, Lehigh has a 5-5 SU record, but are below par ATS with a record of 0-1.
Lehigh beat Boston University in their most recent meeting this season, moving its SU record against Boston University to 3-2 in their most recent head-to-head meetings. At 0-0-1, they are even ATS. When it comes to field goals, rebounds, and three-pointers, Boston University and Lehigh each held the edge in all three of these categories once in the last five meetings.
Predictions: SU Winner – BU, ATS Winner – BU, O/U – Over
Notes
The Boston University Terriers average 69.3 possessions and 1.052 points per possession in games this season. The Lehigh Mountain Hawks average fewer possessions with 67.2, as well as fewer points per possession with 1.034.
Boston University has an average effective field goal percentage of 52.6%. Lehigh is a subpar 2-7 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
On average, Boston University attempts 22.0 three pointers and Lehigh attempts 19.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Boston University Terriers have a 6-8 record while the Lehigh Mountain Hawks have a losing 3-5 record.
Boston University has forced an average turnover percentage of 18.4% this season. Lehigh has an underachieving 5-9 record when its TO% is 18.4% or higher.
