Quinnipiac visits Holy Cross following Balanc's 25-point game

Published Dec. 18, 2023 3:43 a.m. ET

Quinnipiac Bobcats (7-3, 1-1 MAAC) at Holy Cross Crusaders (2-8)

Worcester, Massachusetts; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bobcats -4.5; over/under is 146.5

BOTTOM LINE: Quinnipiac takes on the Holy Cross Crusaders after Matt Balanc scored 25 points in Quinnipiac's 73-66 loss to the Yale Bulldogs.

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The Crusaders have gone 0-2 at home. Holy Cross is 1-6 in games decided by at least 10 points.

The Bobcats are 2-2 on the road. Quinnipiac ranks third in the MAAC with 37.5 rebounds per game led by Paul Otieno averaging 5.6.

Holy Cross is shooting 42.8% from the field this season, 0.1 percentage points higher than the 42.7% Quinnipiac allows to opponents. Quinnipiac averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 fewer made shots on average than the 9.0 per game Holy Cross allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Joseph Octave is shooting 47.8% and averaging 14.7 points for the Crusaders. Joe Nugent is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers for Holy Cross.

Balanc is scoring 17.9 points per game and averaging 4.4 rebounds for the Bobcats. Amarri Tice is averaging 10.4 points for Quinnipiac.

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

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