Bettors will hope to hit paydirt on Saturday when the Holy Cross Crusaders try to run the Mountain Hawks off the court at Hart Recreation Center in college hoops action.

Holy Cross battles the Mountain Hawks, currently sitting with a 12-4 mark (5-0 ATS). The OVER/UNDER records, always important for totals bettors, are 0-0 for the Crusaders and 3-1 for the Mountain Hawks.



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Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 169 (Crusaders) and the No. 84 (Mountain Hawks) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 82-67 result in favor of the Mountain Hawks has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Rating these schools in several key categories is important for handicappers and Holy Cross has the nation's No. 222-rated offensive output, at 66.1 PPG. The visiting Mountain Hawks defense ranks No. 173 allowing on average 66.9 PPG. The Crusaders FG% has averaged 43.7% so far, less than the Mountain Hawks marksmen have achieved on the year, 45.2% per game.

Defensively, Lehigh features the nation's No. 165-rated defense on the road, allowing 70.7 points per game. Holy Cross, meanwhile, comes in at No. 124 nationally in scoring at home.

In their last action, Lehigh was an 82-55 Sportsbook at home against MD-Eastern Shore. The Mountain Hawks blew out MD-Eastern Shore on Tuesday, running up a 20+ point victory in an 82-55 win at Stabler Arena.

Holy Cross was an 82-67 loser in its last match on the road against Yale. Holy Cross suffered an 82-67 loss against Yale on Tuesday, getting 24 points from R.J. Evans in a losing effort at John J. Lee Amphitheater.

Next up:
Lehigh home to American, Wednesday, January 11
Holy Cross home to Navy, Wednesday, January 11