Skip to main content

Lehigh visits Bucknell after Alvey’s 21-point showing

Lehigh Mountain Hawks (4-10, 0-1 Patriot League) at Bucknell Bison (3-11, 0-1 Patriot League)

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bison -3.5; over/under is 135.5

BOTTOM LINE: Lehigh takes on Bucknell after Hank Alvey scored 21 points in Lehigh’s 85-78 overtime loss to the Army Black Knights.

The Bison have gone 1-3 at home. Bucknell is fifth in the Patriot League with 7.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Grgur Brcic averaging 2.6.

The Mountain Hawks have gone 0-1 against Patriot League opponents. Lehigh is 0-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

Bucknell is shooting 40.0% from the field this season, 4.9 percentage points lower than the 44.9% Lehigh allows to opponents. Lehigh averages 70.9 points per game, 6.3 fewer points than the 77.2 Bucknell gives up to opponents.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aleksander Pachucki is shooting 39.2% from beyond the arc with 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Bison, while averaging 6.4 points. Amon Dorries is averaging 10.5 points over the past 10 games.

Nasir Whitlock is averaging 19.5 points for the Mountain Hawks. Alvey is averaging 13.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and two blocks over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bison: 1-9, averaging 59.9 points, 26.4 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 6.9 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.3 points per game.

Mountain Hawks: 3-7, averaging 72.5 points, 28.5 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 6.9 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.0 points.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
Read Next Story