St. Peter's Peacocks vs Maryland Terrapins Prediction, 12/22/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Peter's Peacocks vs Maryland Terrapins

Date: Thursday, December 22, 2022

Location: XFINITY Center in College Park, MD

TV: Youtube TV

The Maryland Terrapins (8-3) will play the St. Peter's Peacocks (6-5) at XFINITY Center on Thursday.

The St. Peter's Peacocks faced off with Quinnipiac and notched a win by a score of 63-56 in their last game. St. Peter's wrapped up the contest having earned a 38.6% field goal percentage (22 out of 57) and converted 7 of their 28 three-point shots. From the charity stripe, the Peacocks converted 12 of 18 attempts for a percentage of 66.7%. With respect to getting rebounds, they compiled a total of 39 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 13 assists in this game in addition to creating 8 turnovers and getting 4 steals. When talking about defense, St. Peter's allowed the other team to shoot 31.4% from the floor on 16 of 51 shooting. Quinnipiac distributed 6 assists and had 7 steals in the game. On top of that, Quinnipiac grabbed 33 rebounds (9 offensive, 24 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Quinnipiac finished the game shooting 67.7% at the charity stripe by burying 21 of 31 tries. They also made 3 of their 21 attempts from beyond the arc. In reference to fouls, the Peacocks walked away with 18 while Quinnipiac accumulated 15 fouls.

Isiah Dasher is a player who was important for this contest. He totaled 29 points on 11 out of 20 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 38 mins played and also totaled 3 rebounds. He shot 55.0% from the field and totaled 4 assists.

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St. Peter's will play this contest with a win-loss record of 6-5 this year. They are giving up possession 12.8 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 23.3 personal fouls per game. As a unit, St. Peter's is pulling down 39.2 boards per game and has accounted for 127 dimes on the year, which is 325th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. The Peacocks are connecting on 31.1% on three-point shots (76 of 244) and 67.6% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 65.7 pts per game (322nd in college hoops) while hitting 39.5% from the field.

On defense, the Peacocks are forcing 12.2 turnovers per game while drawing 16.4 personal fouls. They relinquish 28.6% on 3-pointers while they are 86th in Division 1 in points per game allowed (64.6). The Peacocks are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 40.6% (221 of 544) and they concede 32.5 boards per contest as a basketball team. They are ranked 9th in D-1 in giving up assists to the opposition with 95 relinquished on the year.

When they last played, the Maryland Terrapins took a defeat with a final score of 87-60 when they faced UCLA. The Terrapins pulled down 24 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 32 for the contest. They also coughed it up 16 times, while getting 1 steal for the contest. UCLA was called for 17 personal fouls in this game which got the Terrapins to the charity stripe for a total of 12 attempts. They were able to knock down 8 of them for a clip of 66.7%. With regard to three-point attempts, Maryland converted 10 out of their 27 tries (37.0%). Overall, the Terrapins shot 21 for 52 from the field which gave them a percentage of 40.4%. The Terrapins allowed UCLA to knock down 35 of 63 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 55.6% in the game. They shot 41.7% from beyond the arc by shooting 5 of 12 and ended up shooting 12 of 14 from the free throw line (85.7%). Regarding team rebounding, Maryland permitted UCLA to snag 28 in all (3 offensive).

Ian Martinez pitched in for the Terrapins in the game. He made 6 of 9 for this game for a rate of 66.7%, and had 4 rebounds. He totaled 16 points in his 22 minutes on the hardwood and earned 1 assist in the game.

Maryland has a mark of 8-3 on the campaign. The Terrapins commit 16.1 personal fouls every game while shooting 71.9% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 11.4 times per contest (327th in the country) and they are losing possession via turnover 12.2 times per contest. Maryland has totaled 818 points for the campaign (74.4 per contest) and they pull in 37.6 rebounds per contest. As an offensive unit, the Terrapins are hitting on 46.2% from the floor, which is 122nd in the nation.

The Terrapins on the defensive end are ranked 56th in college hoops in points given up per game with 63.2. They have forced 12.0 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 40.0% from the floor (63rd in college basketball). The Maryland defense gives up 28.4% on shots from behind the 3-point line (58 of 204) and their opponents are making 68.7% of their foul shots. They have conceded 9.9 assists and 32.8 boards per contest, which ranks them 28th and 115th in college hoops.

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Peter's

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