Lafayette vs Bucknell Picks and Prediction – 1/9/2025

The Lafayette leopards stay on the road Wednesday with the game in Pennsylvania against Bucknell. Lafayette is three games below .500 coming into Wednesday having lost for the last five following a narrow one point loss on the road to Navy in their last outing. Offensively Lafayette has averaged 69 points on 41% shooting for the floor this season. Defensively Lafayette has been mediocre allowing 68.8 points per game overall but have allowed 74.25 points per game during their last four losses. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Alex Chalkin leads Lafayette this season averaging 11.2 points per game overall. Justin Vander Baan averages 11.2 points good enough for 2nd on the team and Devin Hines averages 9.9 points per game this season but has played just eight times. Andrew Phillips averages 7.6 points per game this season for Lafayette and leads the team pulling in 3.7 rebounds per game. Mark Butler averages 7 points and boasts a team high 3.2 assists this season.

The Bucknell Bison stay home Wednesday five games below .500 following a six point victory against Colgate in their last outing. Offensively Bucknell has been below average this season scoring 69 points per game on 42.2% shooting and scored only 66 points despite winning their last outing. Defensively Bucknell has been bad allowing 74.6 points per game overall but gave up only 60 in their most recent victory.

Josh Bascoe leads Bucknell this season averaging 14.3 points and 3.9 assists per game. Big man Noah Williamson is second on team averaging 14.1 points and adds a team leading 6.8 rebounds. Ian Motta averages 10.1 points as the third player on the team in double digits but has played just seven times this season. Ruot Bijiek averages 27 points and Elvin Edmonds IV averages 7.9 points per game this season.

Both team have had a ton of problems this year as each come into Wednesday struggling. Home court will be huge in this game however and it will carry Bucknell over the hump. Take the Bison Wednesday night to do the job leading to the win and cover at home. Final Score Prediction, Bucknell Bison win and cover 73-64.