Army vs Manhattan 11/26/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Manhattan Jaspers (1-3) vs. Army Black Knights (2-4)
November 26, 2022 7:00 am EDT
The Line: Army Black Knights -2.5 / Manhattan Jaspers +2.5 Over/Under: +145.5
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The Manhattan Jaspers and the Army Black Knights meet in college basketball action from the Copper Box Arena on Saturday.
The Manhattan Jaspers will look to bounce back from a 69-67 OT loss to Northeastern last time out. Josh Roberts leads the Jaspers in scoring and rebounding with 15.5 PPG along with 9.8 RPG while Elijah Buchanan has 14.3 PPG with 6.5 RPG as well this season. Ant Nelson has 12.5 PPG with 4 APG to lead the Jaspers in the assist department while Marques Watson has 10 PPG this season to cap off the scoring in double figures for Manhattan so far this season. As a team, Manhattan is averaging 70.5 PPG on 47.4% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 62.1% from the foul line this season.
The Army Black Knights will try to bounce back from a 74-66 loss to Princeton last time out. Chris Mann leads the Black Knights in scoring with 17.5 PPG along with 5 RPG while Jalen Rucker has 15 PPG with 5 RPG and a team-high 2.2 APG to lead the Black Knights in the assist department while Coleton Benson has 14 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Army up to this point in the year. As a team, Army is averaging 81.8 PPG on 49.9% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 71.2% from the foul line this season.
Manhattan is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games while the over is 10-1 in their last 11 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400. Army is 4-9 ATS in their last 13 neutral site games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS win while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.
I get the case to be made for either side in this one, but I’m leaning towards Manhattan and the points mainly because this game feels like a coin flip to me and we’re getting a free bucket with the Jaspers here. Manhattan’s also been pretty good ATS so far this season, Army hasn’t been good defensively and while I’m not rushing to the window to bet this one, I would back the Jaspers here.
