The 6-20 Hofstra Pride will travel in CAA conference action when they meet the 10-15 Drexel Dragons in an NCAA college basketball game on Monday night. Tip time from Drexel is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBC Sports Network.
The college basketball odds from this game has the home team Drexel Dragons favored by -12 ½ points with an over under line of 117 ½ points. There has been movement from the bettors on the side of the road underdog Hofstra Pride as Drexel opened up as a -14 point favorite when the odds came out a few hours ago.
The Pride and Dragons met back on January 23rd with Drexel posting the 55-52 road win as a +7 ½ point underdog. The total landed under 118 points.
Hofstra has a true road record of 1-12 on the year. The Pride is 3-10 versus CAA conference opponents. On the highway against the conference the team has losses at Delaware, Northeastern, George Mason, James Madison, William & Mary and Georgia St with their only win coming at NC Wilmington. They lose their second straight after a 57-50 home defeat at Towson on Saturday as a +3 point underdog. The total came under 125 points. Hofstra shot 36.4% from the floor in the loss with 2 of 10 coming from three range. They give up 51.2% shooting to Towson and get crushed on the glass as the Tigers pull down 17 more rebounds. Steve Mejia had 13 points and 7 steals in a losing effort for the Pride. Hofstra is a miserable offense ranking in the lower quartile in major college basketball in all four key offensive categories which are points per game, field goal, three point and free throw shooting.
The Dragons on their home court this season is 3-8 straight up. Drexel is 6-7 in conference competition. In their home CAA conference games the team has wins against Georgia St and Old Dominion with losses to Towson, Northeastern, Delaware, and on Thursday they come off the 68-62 home defeat to George Mason as a -3 ½ point favorite. The total landed over 123 ½ points. Drexel shot just 37.5% in the loss and made 9 of 27 from three. They give up 47.8% shooting to the Patriots and attempted 11 fewer free throws. Damion Lee had 16 points on 5 of 10 shot making for the Dragons. Drexel is a top ten percent team on the free throw line this season making 73.9% from the charity stripe. They hold teams to 63 points a game ranking in the top third in college basketball for points allowed this season.
