Lehigh Mountain Hawks vs Army Black Knights Prediction, 3/1/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Lehigh Mountain Hawks vs Army Black Knights

Date: Saturday, March 1, 2025

Location: Christl Arena in Nashville, TN

TV: ESPN+

Christl Arena is the location where the Army Black Knights (16-13) will attempt to beat the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (10-18) on Saturday.

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks played Boston and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 79-68 in their last contest. In reference to personal fouls, the Mountain Hawks walked away with 22 while Boston totaled 21 personal fouls. They converted 4 of their 15 attempts from distance. Boston finished the game at 79.4% from the free throw line by converting 27 of 34 tries. Moreover, Boston pulled down 39 boards (14 offensive, 25 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Boston dished out 6 dimes and had 10 steals for this game. Pertaining to defending, Lehigh allowed their opponent to shoot 44.4% from the floor on 24 of 54 shooting. They also recorded 13 dimes in this game while forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and earning 6 steals. With regard to grabbing boards, they collected a total of 18 with 0 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Mountain Hawks knocked down 22 of 28 tries for a percentage of 78.6%. Lehigh walked away from the contest having earned a 47.6% FG percentage (20 of 42) and made 6 of their 18 3-pointers.

Tyler Whitney-Sidney is one player who played a role in this game. He walked away with 32 points on 8 out of 11 shooting. He played for 37 mins and snagged 3 rebounds. He shot 72.7% from the floor and also dished out 3 assists.

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Lehigh enters this one with a record of 10-18 for the season. They average 69.6 points per contest (294th in college) while connecting on 44.5% from the floor. The Mountain Hawks are hitting 37.2% on shots from distance (223 of 600) and 68.1% from the free throw line. As a team, Lehigh is pulling in 31.0 boards per game and is sitting with 365 dimes so far this season, which has them ranked 238th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They turn the ball over 10.4 times per contest and as a group they commit 16.0 fouls per game.

Defensively, the Mountain Hawks are able to force 10.9 turnovers every game while drawing 16.5 fouls. They rank 84th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 340 relinquished for the season. The Mountain Hawks defense is giving up a FG percentage of 44.5% (718 of 1,612) and they concede 35.7 boards per contest as a unit. They concede 32.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 165th in D-1 in points per game allowed (71.4).

The last time they took the court, the Army Black Knights walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 81-65 when they faced Lafayette. The Black Knights recorded 22 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 33 for the contest. They also gave up possession 9 times, while getting 6 steals in the game. Lafayette committed 18 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Black Knights to the free throw line for 20 attempts. They were able to bury 18 of them for a clip of 90.0%. In the matter of three-point shots, Army made 5 out of 26 attempts (19.2%). When the game finished, the Black Knights shot 21 for 66 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 31.8%. The Black Knights permitted Lafayette to make 25 of their 53 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 47.2% for this game. They shot 45.8% from 3-point land by shooting 11 of 24 and finished the game at 20 out of 25 from the charity stripe (80.0%). When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, Army allowed Lafayette to snag 36 in all (5 on the offensive side).

AJ Allenspach ended up having an impact for the Black Knights for the matchup. He converted 5 out of 7 for this contest for a field goal percentage of 71.4%, and had 10 rebounds. He tallied 18 points in his 26 minutes on the court, but left the arena with no assists.

Army has a win-loss mark of 16-13 for the year. On the offensive side of the court, the Black Knights are connecting on 44.7% from the field, which is ranked 192nd in college. Army has tallied 2,146 pts this year (74.0 per contest) and they pull in 35.3 boards per game. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 14.5 times per game (121st in college) and they cough up possession 10.3 times per contest. The Black Knights are responsible for committing 15.6 fouls per game and they hit 68.3% from the charity stripe.

The Black Knights on the defensive side of the court are 256th in college in points given up per game with 74.3. They are forcing their opponents into 11.5 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 45.4% from the floor (279th in the nation). The Army defense gives up 33.6% on shots from behind the 3-point line (249 of 740) and opponents are connecting on 68.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They allow 14.6 assists and 36.5 total rebounds per game, which is 304th and 299th in Division 1.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lehigh

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