Iona vs Mount St. Mary’s Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/3/23

The Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers and the Iona Gaels meet in college basketball action from the Hynes Athletics Center on Friday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Iona is listed as a 15.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -1400. The total for this game is set at 135.5 points.

Injuries

For Mount St. Mary’s, Malik Jefferson is out indefinitely with a shoulder injury while Iona’s Quinn Slazinski is out for the season with an undisclosed injury and Michael Jefferson is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury of his own.

Matchup History

These two teams have never met on the hardwood prior to this meeting.

Trends

Mount St. Mary’s is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following a double-digit loss at home while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 road games. Iona is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.

Pick

I’m sticking with the under in this game. I think this just comes down to the fact that I’m not expecting much of anything from Mount St. Mary’s offensively in this game. Iona I think can get what they want here but even if Iona gets into the low-70s, I don’t think MSM breaks 60 here. Give me the under.