La Salle at St. Bonaventure 2/8/23 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The La Salle Explorers continue a road trip Wednesday night with a game in New York against Saint Bonaventure. La Salle comes into Wednesday night three games below .500 riding a two game win streak following an 8 point victory against SJU. Defensively La Salle had a great game allowing only 65 points on 43.5% shooting and forced seven total turnovers. Offensively La Salle was the better team making nearly 44% of their shots and knocked down 10 long balls to score 73 points including 38 in the second half.

Khalil Brantley leads the La Salle offense this season averaging 14.1 points per game on 38.1% shooting to go along with a team leading four assists as well. Josh Nickelberry is averaging 10.5 points it's the only other player in double figures and Jhamir Brickus averages 8.9 points per game as well. Big man Fousseyni Drame scores 9.3 points to go along with a team leading 5.7 rebounds per game.

St. Bonaventure will continue a homestand Wednesday night two games above .500 on a 2 game win streak following a nine point victory against Dayton. Defensively Saint Bonaventure controlled the game allowing only 59 points on 39.3% shooting and forced nine turnovers overall. Offensively Saint Bonaventure did just enough scoring 68 points including 35 in the second-half on just over 44% shooting from the floor.

Daryl Banks III is the offensive leader for Saint Bonaventure this season averaging 15.4 points per game on 35.8% shooting from the floor. Kyrell Luc is second on the team averaging 12.2 points to go along with the team leading 4.3 assists and Chad Venning averages 11.8 points as the third player in double figures. Big man Yann Farrell leads Saint Bonaventure averaging 6.4 rebounds per game to go along with 9.1 points as well.