The Saint Peter's Peacocks and Marist Red Foxes meet Thursday in college basketball action at the McCann Arena.
The Saint Peter's Peacocks look to stay hot after winning five of their last six games. The Saint Peter's Peacocks are averaging 64.4 points on 39.7 percent shooting and allowing 62.8 points on 43.1 percent shooting. Quadir Welton is averaging 12.6 points and 1.9 assists while Trevis Wyche is averaging 10.9 points and 2.7 rebounds. Nick Griffin is grabbing 1.9 rebounds and Antwon Portley is dishing 1.8 assists. The Saint Peter's Peacocks are shooting 35.1 percent from beyond the arc and 71.6 percent from the free throw line. The Saint Peter's Peacocks are allowing 32 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30.8 rebounds per game. The Saint Peter's Peacocks have split their last six road games.
The Marist Red Foxes need a big victory after losing 10 of their last 12 games. The Marist Red Foxes are averaging 69.7 points on 43.2 percent shooting and allowing 79.9 points on 46.2 percent shooting. Khallid Hart is averaging 17.5 points and 2.7 assists while Brian Parker is averaging 12.7 points and 6.2 rebounds. Ryan Funk is the third double-digit scorer and Isaiah Lamb is grabbing 3.2 rebounds. The Marist Red Foxes are shooting 32.9 percent from beyond the arc and 69.3 percent from the free throw line. The Marist Red Foxes are allowing 36.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 28.2 rebounds per game. The Marist Red Foxes have split their last six home games.
The Peacocks are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Red Foxes are 4-10-1 ATS in their last 15 home games and 3-7 ATS in their last 10 Thursday games. The Peacocks are 1-5 ATS in the last 6 meetings in Marist and 2-9 ATS in the last 11 meetings overall.
Saint Peter's has won five of the last seven meetings against Marist, and the Red Foxes are a slumping team that's showing now signs of turning things around this season. It's tough to make a case for Marist with the way its currently playing right now. I'll take the Peacocks and the reasonable chalk.