Canisius vs Mercyhurst Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/13/24

The Canisius Golden Griffins and the Mercyhurst Lakers meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Mercyhurst Athletic Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Canisius vs. Mercyhurst prediction.

Canisius Recap

The Canisius Golden Griffins will be out to rebound after an 87-78 loss to St. Bonaventure last time out to fall to 0-2 on the year. After this game, Canisius will square off against SIU-Edwardsville.

Golden Griffins Hunting For First W

Paul McMillan IV leads the Golden Griffins in scoring with 25.5 PPG along with 3.5 RPG and 2 APG while Tana Kopa has 15 PPG and Dylan Godfrey has 13 PPG with 3 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Canisius so far this season. Cam Palesse has a team-high 5 RPG to lead the Golden Griffins on the glass and Anthony Bedard has a team-high 5.5 APG as well on the year. As a team, Canisius is averaging 71 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field, 41.4% from three, and 80% from the foul line this season.

Why the Canisius Golden Griffins will win

• Canisius has won each of its last three games against the Northeast Conference.

Mercyhurst Recap

The Mercyhurst Lakers come into this one looking to build on their 2-1 start to the year after an 88-62 win over subdivision Houghton last time out. After this game, Mercyhurst will take on Columbia, Air Force, and California.

Lakers Looking To Stay Hot

Jeff Planutis leads the Lakers in scoring with 15.7 PPG while Bernie Blunt III has 12 PPG and Aidan Reichert has 10.7 PPG with 4.3 RPG. Jake Lemelman has 10 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Mercyhurst so far this season. Mykolas Ivanauskas has a team-high 5.3 RPG to lead the Lakers on the glass, while Shemar Rathan-Mayes has a team-high 3.7 APG to lead the Lakers in the assist department up to this point in the year. As a team, Mercyhurst is averaging 75 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 37.3% from three, and 84.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the Mercyhurst Lakers will win

• Canisius has lost each of its last 11 road night games against non-conference opponents.

Canisius vs. Mercyhurst Prediction

I’m on Mercyhurst here. We’ve seen it in other conferences in the last couple of years, that one team comes up from D-II or D-III and suddenly has a solid season to make a name for themselves out of the gate and while it’s only three games (two against D-I teams), Mercyhurst is kind of doing that here. Canisius has been a sieve defensively, granted against much tougher than what they’re up against here, but I think Mercyhurst can do enough to bang out a win and cover here.