Who's Playing
Saint Joseph's Hawks @ Davidson Wildcats
Current Records: Saint Joseph's 11-7, Davidson 12-6
How To Watch
- When: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET
- Where: Belk Arena -- Davidson, North Carolina
- TV: ESPN Plus
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $9.00
What to Know
Davidson will be in front of their home fans on Tuesday, but a look at the spread shows they might need that home-court advantage. They and the Saint Joseph's Hawks will face off in an Atlantic 10 battle at 7:00 p.m. ET at Belk Arena. The Wildcats are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 76.9 points per game this season.
Davidson is headed into Tuesday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They lost 92-90 to Rhode Island on a last-minute shot From Sebastian Thomas. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Davidson's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Reed Bailey, who almost dropped a triple-double on 30 points, nine rebounds, and 11 assists, and Bobby Durkin, who went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 28 points plus eight rebounds. Bailey's afternoon made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least 22.4 points.
Meanwhile, Saint Joseph's couldn't handle VCU on Friday and fell 78-69. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for the Hawks in their matchups with the Rams: they've now lost eight in a row.
Saint Joseph's loss came about despite a quality game from Xzayvier Brown, who earned 22 points plus seven rebounds and five assists. Brown is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Rasheer Fleming, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 14 rebounds.
Davidson's defeat dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Saint Joseph's, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-7.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as both are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Davidson hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 76.9 points per game. However, it's not like Saint Joseph's struggles in that department as they've been averaging 76.3. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Davidson lost to Saint Joseph's at home by a decisive 89-71 margin when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Will Davidson have more luck at home instead of on the road?
Odds
Saint Joseph's is a slight 1.5-point favorite against Davidson, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The line on this game has moved quite a bit since it opened, as it started out with the Wildcats as a 1.5-point favorite.
The over/under is 148.5 points.
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Series History
Davidson has won 7 out of their last 10 games against Saint Joseph's.
- Mar 09, 2024 - Saint Joseph's 89 vs. Davidson 71
- Feb 18, 2023 - Davidson 76 vs. Saint Joseph's 75
- Feb 09, 2022 - Davidson 73 vs. Saint Joseph's 67
- Jan 05, 2022 - Davidson 88 vs. Saint Joseph's 73
- Jan 12, 2021 - Davidson 80 vs. Saint Joseph's 66
- Feb 18, 2020 - Saint Joseph's 73 vs. Davidson 72
- Jan 11, 2020 - Davidson 89 vs. Saint Joseph's 83
- Mar 15, 2019 - Davidson 70 vs. Saint Joseph's 60
- Feb 15, 2019 - Davidson 80 vs. Saint Joseph's 72
- Jan 15, 2019 - Saint Joseph's 61 vs. Davidson 60