The visiting Red Raiders hope to send their backers to the pay window on Wednesday as they look to cover the spread at Stabler Arena against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks.

It's a game in the Patriot Tournament, which will decide the conference title, not to mention deciding which teams make the Field of 68.

The Mountain Hawks are 23-7 so far on the season, and 5-0 ATS vs. the number. The Red Raiders, meanwhile, are 8-21 and 0-0 ATS. OVER/UNDER bettors have seen Lehigh go 3-1 and the Red Raiders go 0-0 on the totals.



View Colgate vs Lehigh Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
Sportsbooks had set the Mountain Hawks as 22-point favorites on the Sportsbook line for this contest.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
The Mountain Hawks sit at No. 100 in the current college hoops power poll here at Odds Shark, while the Red Raiders sit at No. 337 on the same chart. The computers running our scores simulations have concluded that the Mountain Hawks will win this game 80-59.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Lehigh's No. 28 nationally ranked offense (75.9 points per game) against a Red Raiders defense that sits as the No. 307 at 73.8 PPG. The Mountain Hawks have been averaging 44.6% from the field, more than the Red Raiders have managed so far this season (43.1% on average).

Defensively, Colgate features the nation's No. 323-rated defense on the road, allowing 78.5 points per game. Lehigh, meanwhile, comes in at No. 46 nationally in scoring at home.

Colgate was a 65-58 loser in their most recent outing at home against Holy Cross. The Red Raiders endured a 65-58 loss at the hands of the Crusaders on Saturday, despite a 14-point effort from Mitch Rolls at Cotterell Court.

In their last action, Lehigh was a 74-72 Sportsbook on the road against Army. The Black Knights were burned for 26 points by C.J. McCollum on Saturday as the Mountain Hawks put another game in the win column, 74-72, at Christl Arena.