Bucknell Bison vs Navy Midshipmen Prediction, 2/1/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Bucknell Bison vs Navy Midshipmen

Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025

Location: Alumni Hall (Navy) in Annapolis, MD

TV: ESPN+

Alumni Hall (Navy) is the location where the Navy Midshipmen (8-14) will attempt to beat the Bucknell Bison (9-13) on Saturday.

The Bucknell Bison faced Loyola and went home with a win by a final score of 79-67 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Bison walked away with 16 while Loyola racked up 19 personal fouls. They made 10 of their 25 attempts from downtown. Loyola finished the game shooting 64.7% at the charity stripe by knocking down 11 of 17 tries. Moreover, Loyola pulled down 26 boards (3 offensive, 23 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Loyola recorded 11 assists and had 5 steals for the matchup. With respect to defending, Bucknell allowed the other team to go 45.1% from the field on 23 out of 51 shooting. They also dished out 17 assists in this contest in addition to forcing the opposition into 10 turnovers and getting 7 steals. In regard to hauling in boards, they collected a total of 35 with 8 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Bison made 16 of their 23 attempts for a rate of 69.6%. Bucknell finished the game having earned a 45.6% field goal percentage (26 out of 57) and converted 11 out of their 21 shots from downtown.

Achile Spadone is a player who had an impact in this matchup. He walked away from this one shooting 45.5% from the floor and also distributed 1 assist. He played for 31 mins and also totaled 5 boards. He totaled 14 points on 5 of 11 shooting.

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Bucknell enters this game with a record of 9-13 for the year. They turn it over 13.6 times per game and as a team they commit 17.7 personal fouls every game. As a team, Bucknell is pulling down 33.5 rebounds per game and has earned 283 dimes on the season, which ranks 193rd in the country in terms of passing. The Bison are shooting 33.2% on three-point shots (178 of 536) and 65.8% from the free throw line. They average 70.8 pts per game (269th in the country) while going 43.5% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Bison are able to force 12.9 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.6 fouls. They are 253rd in college in giving up assists to the opposition with 292 conceded for the year. The Bison are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.8% (578 of 1,321) and they relinquish 36.8 rebounds per game as a team. They give up 34.0% from 3-point land while they are 268th in the country in PPG allowed (74.5).

The last time they took the court, the Navy Midshipmen walked away with a victory by a final of 79-54 when they faced Lehigh. The Midshipmen corralled 31 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive rebounds for a total of 36 in the matchup. They also coughed it up 5 times, while getting 2 steals for this contest. Lehigh had 12 fouls for this contest which took the Midshipmen to the charity stripe for 14 shots. They were able to knock down 13 of the free throws for a rate of 92.9%. With respect to shots from 3-point land, Navy made 8 of their 17 attempts (47.1%). When the final whistle blew, the Midshipmen finished shooting 29 for 58 from the floor which had them sitting at 50.0%. The Midshipmen allowed Lehigh to make 19 of 51 tries from the floor which had them shooting 37.3% in this game. They shot 50.0% from downtown by shooting 8 out of 16 and ended up shooting 8 out of 14 at the free throw line (57.1%). Regarding team rebounding, Navy allowed Lehigh to get 19 in all (1 on the offensive side).

Austin Benigni ended up being a factor for the Midshipmen for the matchup. He earned 18 points in his 32 minutes on the hardwood and had 6 assists for this contest. He made 7 of 16 for this game giving him a rate of 43.8%, and had 1 rebound.

Navy has a mark of 8-14 so far this season. The Midshipmen commit 16.5 fouls per game and they hit 73.4% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists is at 13.8 times per game (178th in D-1) and they turn the ball over 11.2 times per contest. Navy has totaled 1,564 pts for the season (71.1 per contest) and they collect 37.2 boards per contest. When it comes to offensive execution, the Midshipmen are connecting on 42.4% from the floor, which is 301st in college hoops.

The Midshipmen on defense are ranked 122nd in Division 1 in points given up per game with 69.7. They are able to force 11.2 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 43.3% from the floor (171st in the nation). The Navy defense concedes 33.7% on 3-point attempts (173 of 513) and their opponents are knocking down 69.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 12.6 dimes and 33.5 total rebounds per game, which is 144th and 124th in college hoops.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Bucknell

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