Lehigh vs American Prediction 1/22/25 College Basketball Picks

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks and the American Eagles meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Bender Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Lehigh vs. American prediction.

Lehigh Recap

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks come in this matchup looking to bounce back after a 76-60 loss to Loyola-Maryland last time out, falling to 6-11 on the year. After this game, Lehigh will head home for a game against Lafayette.

Mountain Hawks Lose 5th In A Row

Keith Higgins Jr. leads Lehigh In scoring and rebounding with 17.9 PPG and 5 RPG but has missed the last few games with injury while Tyler Whitney-Sidney has 12.5 PPG with 3.1 RPG and Cam Gillus also has 10.5 PPG with 3.8 RPG and 2.2 APG to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for Lehigh up to this point in the year. Hank Alvey has 6.3 PPG with 4.6 RPG while Ben Knostman has 3.8 PPG with a team-high 3.3 APG to lead the Mountain Hawks in the assist department so far this season. As a team, Lehigh is averaging 69.6 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the floor, 35% from three-point range, and 68.8% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Lehigh Mountain Hawks will win

• Lehigh has won 15 of its last 17 games against American University.
• American University has lost four of its last five night games against the Patriot League.

American Recap

The American Eagles come into this game looking to add to their 74-65 win over Holy Cross last time out to improve to 10-9 on the year. After this game, American will welcome Colgate to town.

Eagles Win Third In A Row

Matt Rogers leads the Eagles in scoring with 16.2 PPG and 5.4 RPG while Colin Smalls has 11.1 PPG. Elijah Stephens has 11.1 PPG with a team-high 3.7 APG to lead the Eagles in assists and to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for American up to this point in the year. Greg Jones also has 9.7 PPG with 4 RPG and Matt Mayock has 8.1 PPG with 3.1 RPG as well on the season. Lincoln Ball also has 5.6 RPG to lead the Eagles on the glass this season. As a team, American is averaging 69.4 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 34.4% from three, and 75.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the American University Eagles will win

• Lehigh has lost 10 of its last 11 road games.
• The home team has won 15 of Lehigh’s last 18 games.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Lehigh’s last four night games against Conference opponents has produced a total of 130 or fewer points.
• Each of American University’s last six Wednesday games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 135 or fewer points.

Lehigh vs. American Prediction

I’m on American here. The thing for Lehigh is that they’ve been a disaster without Keith Higgins Jr., as he’s been the heart and soul of this Lehigh team and the Mountain Hawks only go as far as Higgins Jr. takes them, clearly. American has started to really find themselves in conference play and I think that the Eagles do more than enough to bag the win and cover at home in this one so I’ll lay the points with American at home here.