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Monmouth vs Fairfield College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/10/21

Monmouth vs Fairfield College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/10/21
2021-03-10 19:30:00 EDT

The Fairfield Stags and the Monmouth Hawks meet in a MAAC tournament quarter-final matchup in college basketball action from the Boardwalk Hall on Wednesday night.

The Fairfield Stags reached the quarter-finals thanks to a 59-58 overtime win against Manhattan last time out. Jesus Cruz led the Stags with 16 points on 4 of 11 shooting with 7 rebounds in 32 minutes off of the bench while Jake Wojcik added 15 points with 5 rebounds as the only other double-digit scorer for Fairfield in the winning effort. Taj Benning added 9 points with a team-high 8 rebounds and 3 steals while Supreme Cook had 8 points and 6 rebounds.

The Monmouth Hawks come into the conference tournament as the #2 seed after finishing with a 12-6 record in conference play as part of their 12-7 overall record this season. Deion Hammond led the Hawks in scoring with 17.2 PPG along with 3.8 RPG while George Papas had 12.6 PPG and Melik Martin added 12.5 PPG with a team-high 5.8 RPG to lead the Hawks on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Monmouth this season. Marcus McClary had 7.1 PPG and 5.7 RPG while Samuel Chaput had a team-high 2.9 APG as well this season. As a team, Monmouth is averaging 76.9 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field and 36.5% from three while allowing 74.1 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field and 32.3% from three this season.

Fairfield is 7-21-1 ATS in their last 29 games following a win and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games while the under is 7-0-1 in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record. Monmouth is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 neutral site games as a favorite. The favorite is 8-3 ATS in the last 11 meetings between these two teams.

Fairfield did well to drag out the win against Manhattan, but a low-scoring game may work against Manhattan but not so much Monmouth, The Hawks are perennially one of, if not the highest-scoring team in the MAAC, and this season’s no different. I just don’t think the Stags have the horses to keep pace with Monmouth, so I’ll lay the points with the Hawks in this one. 

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Monmouth -7.5

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