Sacred Heart vs Mount St. Mary’s 2/24/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers and the Sacred Heart Pioneers meet in college basketball action from the Pitt Health and Recreation Center on Thursday night.

The Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers will look to rebound from a 66-61 loss at the hands of LIU last time out. Jalen Benjamin leads the Mount in scoring and assists with 12.9 PPG and 4 APG while Mezie Otturum has 11.2 PPG with 4.8 RPG and Nana Opuku has 10.5 PPG with 6.5 RPG to make up the trio of Mountaineers averaging double figures in scoring. Malik Jefferson also leads the Mountaineers on the glass with 7 RPG as well this season. As a team, Mount St. Mary’s is averaging 61 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 34.6% from three and 67.8% from the foul line while allowing 61.3 PPG on 43.5% shooting from the field and 33.4% from three this season.

The Sacred Heart Pioneers will try to snap a five-game losing streak after an 80-79 loss to Merrimack last time out. Tyler Thomas leads the Pioneers in scoring with 16.3 PPG and 2.5 APG while Aaron Clarke has 16.3 PPG with a team-high 4 APG to lead Sacred Heart in assists so far this season. Nico Galette has 11.5 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Sacred Heart as the Pioneers’ top rebounder. As a team, Sacred Heart is averaging 67.2 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 33.5% from three and 73.5% from the foul line while allowing 70.3 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field and 35.6% from three this season.

Mount St. Mary’s is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss. Sacred Heart is 2-10 ATS in their last 12 games overall and 0-6 ATS in their last 6 home games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss.

I get the case to be made for a home underdog in certain spots as Mount St. Mary’s isn’t the first team I think of when it comes to laying points on the road. However, Sacred Heart’s been brutal from a cover perspective at home this season. On the other hand, Mount St. Mary’s is struggling to get to 60 points in the bulk f their games so far this month and despite the Mount putting up 98 points in the first meeting, I expect there to be some serious regression here and for this one to end under the total.