Prairie View A&M vs. Lehigh First Four Game Preview, Picks, Betting Odds & Data

By Thom Cunningham | Mar 17, 2026, 8:27pm

The First Four games end on Wednesday, March 18 with a pair of play-in contests. The first features No. 16 seeds squaring off between the Prairie View A&M Panthers and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Let’s go through the betting odds, data and analysis for the South Region matchup.

Prairie View A&M vs. Lehigh Game Information

Date: Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2026
Time: 6:40 p.m. ET
Network: truTV
Region: South
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Venue: UD Arena

Prairie View A&M vs. Lehigh Betting Resources

Prairie View A&M vs. Lehigh Betting Odds

Prairie View A&M vs. Lehigh Betting Data

Prairie View A&M Panthers

Region Odds: n/a
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Seed: No. 16
Record: 18-17
Conference: SWAC
PS/G: 78.9
PA/G: 76.1
ORtg: 106.4
DRtg: 102.6

Lehigh Mountain Hawks

Region Odds:
Sweet 16 Odds:
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Seed: No. 16
Record: 18-16
Conference: Patriot
PS/G: 73.2
PA/G: 74
ORtg: 105.7
DRtg: 106.8

Prairie View A&M vs. Lehigh Key Players

Prairie View A&M Panthers

Dontae Horne (SR) – 20.2 ppg; 4.5 rpg
Tai’reon Joseph (SR) – 18.2 ppg
Cory Wells (SR) – 13.1 ppg; 7.1 rpg

Lehigh Mountain Hawks

Nasir Whitlock (JR) – 21 ppg; 3.5 rpg; 3.4 apg
Hank Alvey (SO) – 15 ppg; 6.9 rpg
Joshua Ingram (JR) – 10.6 ppg; 5.1 rpg; 3.3 apg

Prairie View A&M vs. Lehigh Betting Analysis

Perhaps the hottest NCAA Tournament team from an ATS perspective is Prairie View A&M, entering on an insane 10-game ATS streak. The Panthers are very cozy on a neutral court, covering the spread in five of six games on one. On the road is where this team succeeds in the ATS market, also covering 10 of 15 away from home. Lehigh has a small sample size on neutral courts, albeit a good one, 2-0 on the ATS. The Mountain Hawks have actually covered seven of nine games overall.

Prairie View A&M vs. Lehigh Best Bet, Pick & Prediction

Based on the points scored and allowed per game by both teams, this game should go Over the given total. However, Prairie View A&M is 11-19 on the O/U this season and in the midst of a 1-9 Under run over its last 10 games. Lehigh has also hit the Under in five of seven games. However, Lehigh is 18-14 on the O/U this season and given the points scoring/allowing data we’ll take a chance and go Over.

The spread is too close to call, especially for a pick’em, and Prairie View A&M (despite the Under trends) has actually gone Over 151 total points in 13 straight non-conference games when playing at night.

Score Prediction: Prairie View A&M 77, Lehigh 75
Best Bet: Over 142.5 (-110)

Photo Credit: AP/Michael Wyke

Thom Cunningham

Thom Cunningham is the Lineups.com News Editor and has been involved with sports media for almost two decades at Spectrum, VegasInsider.com, Oddschecker, VSiN and much more as a content producer - focused on the betting and gaming space over the last decade tracking insights, data analytics and covering various markets from the NFL to the Oscars.