The Saint Peter’s Peacocks and the Quinnipiac Bobcats meet in college basketball MAAC-tion from People’s United Center on Friday night.
The Saint Peter’s Peacocks come into this game looking to shake off an 85-71 loss at the hands of Providence last time out. Doug Edert leads the Peacocks in scoring with 13.6 PPG along with 3.3 RPG while Daryl Banks III has 11.5 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Saint Peter’s so far this season. Fousseyni Drame has 8.5 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG while Matthew Lee has a team-high 4 APG as well this season. As a team, Saint Peter’s is averaging 64.8 PPG on 39.4% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 65.3% from the foul line while allowing 73.8 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field and 36% from three this season.
The Quinnipiac Bobcats will try to bounce back from a 72-61 loss at the hands of Brown last time out. Matt Balanc has a team-high 13.2 PPG while Tyrese Williams has 13 PPG and Tymu Chenery has 10 PPG with 5 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Quinnipiac up to this point in the season. Dezi Jones and Jacob Rigoni each have 9+ PPG while Kevin MArfo has 7.5 PPG with a team-high 10.5 RPG and 4.5 APG as well on the year. As a team, Quinnipiac is averaging 75.7 PPG on 44% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 72.4% from the foul line while allowing 70.7 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field and 32.2% from three this season.
Saint Peter’s is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following a loss and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 7-0 in their last 7 Friday games. Quinnipiac is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games following a loss while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games overall.
I know that anyone who’s followed me in the past knows that Saint Peter’s unders in conference play are pretty much money, but the reality is that those unders may come in this year because I don’t know how Saint Peter’s will do keeping up on the scoreboard. Quinnipiac side by side looks capable in this matchup and I just think that the Bobcats get the job done at home in this one.