Lehigh Mountain Hawks vs Dayton Flyers Prediction, 12/7/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Lehigh Mountain Hawks vs Dayton Flyers

Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024

Location: UD Arena in Dayton, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Dayton Flyers (7-2) will go up against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (3-5) at UD Arena on Saturday.

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks faced Monmouth and earned the victory with a final of 90-63 in their last contest. Lehigh ended the contest with a 56.6% field goal percentage (30 out of 53) and converted 11 of their 23 shots from distance. From the free throw line, the Mountain Hawks buried 19 of 23 shots for a percentage of 82.6%. In relation to rebounding, they collected a total of 33 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 20 assists in this game as well as forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and earning 5 steals. Regarding defense, Lehigh allowed the other team to shoot 25.4% from the floor on 15 out of 59 shooting. Monmouth dished out 5 assists and had 8 steals in the matchup. Furthermore, Monmouth collected 29 rebounds (13 offensive, 16 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. Monmouth finished the game shooting 80.0% at the charity stripe by making 28 of 35 tries. They converted 5 of their 19 shots from long range. When talking about fouls, the Mountain Hawks ended up walking away with 21 and Monmouth recorded 21 fouls.

Tyler Whitney-Sidney is one player who was a factor in this matchup. He finished the contest at 69.2% from the field and recorded 2 dimes. He saw the court for 28 minutes played and grabbed 4 rebounds. He ended up scoring 23 points on 9 out of 13 shooting.

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Lehigh steps onto the court with a record of 3-5 so far this year. They are losing possession via turnover 11.3 times per game and as a team they are committing 17.0 fouls per contest. As a unit, Lehigh is pulling down 31.3 boards per game and has accounted for 126 assists so far this year, which is 140th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. The Mountain Hawks are connecting on 37.0% on shots from beyond the arc (68 of 184) and 66.9% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 73.1 points per outing (240th in college hoops) while shooting 47.0% from the floor.

Defensively, the Mountain Hawks are able to force 9.4 turnovers per game and they draw 16.8 personal fouls. They are 139th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 101 relinquished for the season. The Mountain Hawks defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 44.6% (222 of 498) and they relinquish 37.6 boards per contest as a squad. They are conceding 31.6% on 3-point attempts and they are 293rd in the nation in PPG from their opponents (76.1).

In their last game, the Dayton Flyers took home the win by a final score of 77-69 when they faced Western Michigan. The Flyers were able to snag 15 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards for a total of 24 in this game. They also coughed up the ball 9 times, while recording 9 steals in this game. Western Michigan earned 18 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Flyers to the charity stripe for 22 attempts. They were able to make 18 of the free throws for a clip of 81.8%. When discussing three-point attempts, Dayton made 9 of their 21 attempts (42.9%). When the game finished, the Flyers shot 25 out of 48 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 52.1%. The Flyers permitted Western Michigan to make 29 out of 54 attempts from the field which had them shooting 53.7% for the game. They finished the game shooting 29.4% from distance via 5 of 17 and ended up shooting 6 of 7 from the charity stripe (85.7%). When talking about how they rebounded, Dayton allowed Western Michigan to collect 22 in total (9 on the offensive glass).

Enoch Cheeks was important for the Flyers in the game. He converted 7 out of 10 for this game giving him a rate of 70.0%, and had 8 rebounds. He scored 23 points in his 36 mins of playing time and added 2 assists for the contest.

Dayton has a record of 7-2 for the year. The Flyers are committing 14.9 personal fouls per game and they hit 70.6% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 17.2 times per game (43rd in the country) and they cough up possession 9.8 times per game. Dayton has scored 721 points for the season (80.1 per contest) and they pull down 35.9 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Flyers are shooting 49.3% from the field, which is ranked 42nd in the country.

The Flyers on the defensive side of the court are 124th in college hoops in PPG surrendered with 68.6. They have forced 11.7 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 43.1% from the field (209th in Division 1). The Dayton defense concedes 30.9% on shots from behind the 3-point line (60 of 194) and opponents are knocking down 77.2% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 11.4 assists and 30.3 total boards per game, which ranks them 90th and 17th in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lehigh

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