Holy Cross Crusaders vs Navy Midshipmen Prediction, 2/22/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Holy Cross Crusaders vs Navy Midshipmen

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025

Location: Alumni Hall (Navy) in St. Louis, MO

TV: ESPN+

The Holy Cross Crusaders (13-15) are en route to Alumni Hall (Navy) on Saturday where they will try to defeat the Navy Midshipmen (10-18).

The Holy Cross Crusaders faced off with Lafayette and earned the victory with a final of 74-69 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Crusaders ended up finishing with 13 and Lafayette finished the game with 18 personal fouls. They also made 9 out of their 24 attempts from downtown. Lafayette went 50.0% at the charity stripe by converting 4 of their 8 attempts. Furthermore, Lafayette grabbed 34 rebounds (4 offensive, 30 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Lafayette earned 15 dimes and had 3 steals for the contest. In reference to defense, Holy Cross allowed 45.2% from the field on 28 of 62 shooting. They also recorded 16 assists in the matchup as well as forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and getting 8 steals. When talking about pulling down rebounds, they earned 41 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Crusaders buried 9 of their 13 tries for a rate of 69.2%. Holy Cross wrapped up the contest having earned a 40.0% FG percentage (26 out of 65) and made 13 out of their 33 three-point attempts.

Kahlil Singleton is one player who was a major factor for this contest. He finished the game shooting 50.0% from the field and also recorded 2 dimes. He played 33 mins played and pulled down 3 boards. He accumulated 19 points on 6 of 12 shooting.

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Holy Cross heads into this one with a record of 13-15 so far this year. They are averaging 68.9 pts per contest (300th in the nation) while going 45.5% from the field. The Crusaders are connecting on 38.3% on shots beyond the perimeter (253 of 661) and 71.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, Holy Cross is pulling down 32.4 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 349 assists so far this season, which is 226th in D-1 in terms of passing. They turn it over 11.5 times per contest and as a group they commit 13.4 fouls per contest.

Defensively, the Crusaders are able to force 9.5 turnovers every game while drawing 13.6 personal fouls. They rank 291st in the nation in allowing assists to their opponents with 384 relinquished for the campaign. The Crusaders defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 45.2% (748 of 1,654) and they relinquish 33.5 rebounds per contest as a team. They are relinquishing 33.0% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 148th in college hoops in points per game allowed (70.7).

When they last played, the Navy Midshipmen walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 79-75 when they played Colgate. The Midshipmen recorded 19 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 27 in this game. They gave up possession 7 times, while getting 7 steals for the contest. Colgate was called for 19 personal fouls for the matchup which got the Midshipmen to the free throw line for a total of 16 shots. They were able to bury 8 of the free throws for a percentage of 50.0%. In the matter of shooting from distance, Navy converted 7 of 19 attempts (36.8%). When this game wrapped up, the Midshipmen shot 30 out of 61 from the floor which gave them a rate of 49.2%. The Midshipmen allowed Colgate to make 28 of their 51 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 54.9% for this contest. They wrapped up this game 40.0% from beyond the perimeter by going 6 of 15 and finished the game at 17 out of 21 from the charity stripe (81.0%). When discussing team rebounding, Navy allowed Colgate to get 27 in total (4 offensive).

Jordan Pennick ended up being a factor for the Midshipmen in this contest. He accumulated 18 points in his 37 mins of playing time and earned 2 dimes for this contest. He made 7 out of 15 for the game giving him a rate of 46.7%, and had 4 rebounds.

Navy has a win-loss record of 10-18 so far this year. On the offensive side of the court, the Midshipmen are shooting 41.9% from the field, which has them ranked 326th in the nation. Navy has totaled 1,954 points for the year (69.8 per contest) and they pull in 36.3 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 13.5 times per contest (202nd in Division 1) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 10.9 times per game. The Midshipmen are responsible for committing 16.4 personal fouls per contest and they hit 72.1% from the charity stripe.

The Midshipmen are ranked 125th in college in points per game surrendered with 70.0. They have forced 11.4 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 44.4% from the field (224th in college hoops). The Navy defense concedes 34.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter (217 of 629) and opponents are making 70.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 12.5 dimes and 33.6 boards every game, which ranks them 127th and 140th in the country.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Holy Cross

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