Iona vs Saint Peter’s 1/30/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Saint Peter's Peacocks (9-7) vs. Iona Gaels (17-3)
January 30, 2022 1:00 pm EDT
The Line: Iona Gaels -10.5 / Saint Peter's Peacocks +10.5; Over/Under: -131.5
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The Saint Peter’s Peacocks and the Iona Gaels meet in college hoops MAAC-tion from the Hynes Athletics Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Saint Peter’s Peacocks will look to build on a 77-51 win over Manhattan in their last matchup. Daryl Banks III leads the Peacocks in scoring with 11.4 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Saint Peter’s up to this point in the season. Fousseyni Drame also has 7.7 PPG with a team-high 6.9 RPG while KC Ndefo has 9.4 PPG with 6.1 RPG this season. As a team, Saint Peter’s is averaging 66.6 PPG on 41.2% shooting from the field, 33.1% from three and 69% from the foul line while allowing 63.2 PPG on 40.2% shooting from the field and 29.8% from three this season.
The Iona Gaels come into this game trying to pick up a seventh straight win after making it six in a row with a 74-57 win over Siena in their last game. Tyson Jolly leads the Gaels in scoring with 14.9 PPG along with 5.1 RPG while Nelly Junior Joseph has 13.6 PPG with a team-high 8.4 RPG to lead the Gaels on the glass and Elijah Joiner has 11.2 PPG with 4.6 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Iona this season. Dylan van Eyck has 9 PPG with a team-high 3.3 APG as well as 4.3 RPG and Quinn Slazinski has 9.2 PPG and 3.5 RPG this season as well. As a team, Iona is averaging 77.1 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 32.1% from three and 69.3% from the foul line while allowing 69.2 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field and 29.4% from three this season.
Saint Peter’s is 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a win by 20 or more points. Iona is 33-16-2 ATS in their last 51 games overall and 8-2 ATS in their last 10 home games while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 games following a win.
I get the allure of points with the Peacocks as Saint Peter’s has some serious size and plays really good defense, especially within the conference. However, Iona’s simply the team to beat in the MAAC right now, and I just think it’s one of those cases where to be the man you have to beat the man and Saint Peter’s isn’t there yet. Give me Iona and lay the points here.
