PATRIOT LEAGUE FINAL: The total, which started at 144.5, is moving in the wrong direction. The teams notched 153 and 150 points against each other in the regular season, but their averages in conference play are well below this figure. Bison games begat an average of 143, well above the 138 for the Mountain Hawks. Their defenses ranked third and fourth, respectively, in the Patriot for points yielded. One team will throttle down enough, as one almost always does in win-or-else finales, to deliver an Under.