Lehigh Mountain Hawks vs Saint Louis Billikens Prediction, 11/2/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Lehigh Mountain Hawks vs Saint Louis Billikens

Date: Monday, November 2, 2026

Location: Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, MO

TV: ESPN+

The Saint Louis Billikens (29-6 last season) will compete against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (18-17 last year) at Chaifetz Arena on Monday.

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks faced off with Prairie View A&M and ended up losing by a score of 67-55 in their last contest. Lehigh walked away from the contest with a 36.2% field goal percentage (21 out of 58) and converted 6 of their 24 shots from 3-point land. When they shot from the free throw line, the Mountain Hawks knocked down 7 of their 12 shots for a rate of 58.3%. In relation to grabbing boards, they collected 37 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 11 assists for the contest as well as forcing 9 turnovers and getting 5 steals. Pertaining to defending, Lehigh allowed the other team to shoot 47.4% from the floor on 27 of 57 shooting. Prairie View A&M recorded 5 dimes and had 12 steals for this game. On top of that, Prairie View A&M grabbed 34 rebounds (7 offensive, 27 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Prairie View A&M went 83.3% at the charity stripe by burying 10 of 12 tries. They converted 3 of 9 attempts from distance. In reference to fouls, the Mountain Hawks ended up finishing with 11 while Prairie View A&M finished the game with 11 fouls.

Hank Alvey is a guy who was a contributor in the game. He ended up scoring 23 points on 8 of 13 shooting. He was on the court for 36 mins played and also totaled 15 boards. He finished the game at 61.5% from the field and also distributed 3 assists.

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Lehigh will enter this matchup after finishing with a win-loss record of 18-17 last season. They lost possession via turnover 12.2 times per contest and as a squad committed 15.8 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Lehigh pulled down 32.1 boards per game and earned 498 assists throughout last season, which ranked 111th in the nation in terms of passing. The Mountain Hawks connected on 35.6% on 3-point shots (273 of 767) and 72.8% from the free throw line. They had an average of 72.7 pts per game (260th in Division 1) while shooting 46.1% from the field.

Defensively, the Mountain Hawks forced their opponents into 11.3 turnovers per game and they drew 17.0 fouls. They gave up 32.6% on 3-pointers and they were ranked 176th in college hoops in PPG allowed (73.8). The Mountain Hawks defensively allowed a shooting percentage of 44.6% (935 of 2,095) and they conceded 35.8 boards per game as a team. They were 107th in college in giving up assists with 412 relinquished last season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Saint Louis Billikens took a loss by a final score of 95-72 when they played Michigan. The Billikens corralled 21 defensive rebounds and 3 offensive boards totaling 24 in this game. They also coughed up the ball 7 times, while getting 7 steals for the matchup. Michigan was called for 13 fouls for this game which got the Billikens to the charity stripe for a total of 15 shots. They were able to make 8 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 53.3%. With respect to shooting from distance, Saint Louis knocked down 10 of 32 attempts (31.3%). When the game finished, the Billikens shot 27 out of 61 from the field which gave them a percentage of 44.3%. The Billikens allowed Michigan to knock down 34 out of their 61 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 55.7% for the matchup. They finished 47.8% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 11 of 23 and walked away from this one shooting 16 out of 23 from the free throw line (69.6%). In the matter of attacking the glass, Saint Louis allowed Michigan to pull down 40 in total (9 on the offensive side).

Amari McCottry ended up being a major contributor for the Billikens in this matchup. He had 14 points in his 26 minutes on the hardwood and accounted for 3 assists for this game. He buried 7 of 11 in this game for a field goal percentage of 63.6%, and earned 5 rebounds.

Saint Louis had a win-loss record of 29-6 last season. The Billikens were responsible for committing 18.3 fouls per game and they shot 74.1% from the free throw line. They earned an assist 18.5 times per game (8th in college) and they turned it over 12.3 times per game. Saint Louis earned 3,053 pts last season (87.2 per game) and they averaged 39.8 rebounds per game. As an offensive unit, the Billikens shot 51.0% from the floor, which was ranked 4th in college.

The Billikens on the defensive end were ranked 80th in the nation in PPG allowed with 70.5. They forced their opponents into 11.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and let teams shoot 38.3% from the field (2nd in college hoops). The Saint Louis defense allowed 29.7% on 3-pointers (265 of 891) and their opponents converted on 72.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrendered 42.3 assists and 32.8 total boards per game, which ranked them 360th and 76th in Division 1.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lehigh

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