Quinnipiac vs Iona 1/23/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Iona Gaels and the Quinnipiac Bobcats meet in college basketball action from the People’s United Center on Sunday afternoon.

The Iona Gaels will look to build on their four-game winning streak after an 86-85 OT win over Monmouth last time out. Tyson Jolly leads the Gaels in scoring with 14.7 PPG along with 5 RPG while Nelly Junior Joseph has 13.7 PPG with a team-high 8.5 RPG to lead the Gaels on the glass and Elijah Joiner has 11 PPG with 4.5 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Iona this season. Dylan van Eyck has 9.2 PPG with a team-high 3.3 APG as well as 4.6 RPG and Quinn Slazinski has 9.4 PPG and 3.6 RPG this season as well. As a team, Iona is averaging 77.3 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 69.2% from the foul line while allowing 70.3 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 29.1% from three this season.

The Quinnipiac Bobcats will try to build on their three-game winning streak after a 73-67 win over Rider last time out. Matt Balanc has a team-high 15.1 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Quinnipiac up to this point in the season. Dezi Jones and Jacob Rigoni each have 9.5 PPG while Kevin Marfo has 9.9 PPG with a team-high 10.6 RPG and 4.1 APG as well on the year. As a team, Quinnipiac is averaging 73.8 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 76.3% from the foul line while allowing 69.3 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field and 33.4% from three this season.

Iona is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record and 12-4-1 ATS in their last 17 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600 while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Quinnipiac is 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 home games and 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall while the under is 24-11 in their last 35 games following an ATS loss.

I get the allure of points with a home dog like Quinnipiac, but the problem is that Iona is going to be the best team that Quinnipiac’s played over the last couple of weeks and I’m not sure the Bobcats will be able to keep pace with the Gaels and what Iona’s bringing to the table. Quinnipiac’s going to get more value down the stretch but as far as this spot going I’ve gotta side with Iona laying the points here.