Marist Red Foxes vs St. Peter's Peacocks Prediction, 1/16/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Marist Red Foxes vs St. Peter's Peacocks

Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025

Location: Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, NJ

TV: ESPN+

The St. Peter's Peacocks (6-7) host the Marist Red Foxes (12-2) at Yanitelli Center on Thursday.

The Marist Red Foxes faced Fairfield and earned the victory with a final of 61-51 in their last contest. In the matter of fouls, the Red Foxes finished with 8 while Fairfield racked up 13 fouls. They buried 10 of their 20 attempts from long range. Fairfield finished the game at 50.0% at the charity stripe by burying 3 of their 6 attempts. In addition, Fairfield pulled down 24 rebounds (4 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Fairfield earned 8 dimes and had 3 steals in this game. When it comes to defending, Marist allowed the other team to shoot 36.5% from the field on 19 out of 52 shooting. They also recorded 12 assists for the contest in addition to creating 9 turnovers and getting 7 steals. With respect to rebounding, they earned 30 with 3 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Red Foxes converted 5 of their 6 attempts for a percentage of 83.3%. Marist ended with a 50.0% field goal percentage (26 of 52) and buried 4 of their 18 three-point attempts.

Jackson Price is someone who was a major contributor for the matchup. He finished shooting 60.0% from the floor and also distributed 4 assists. He was on the court for 26 minutes and also totaled 6 rebounds. He accumulated 12 points on 6 of 10 shooting.

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Marist will enter this matchup with a mark of 12-2 on the season. They currently have an average of 70.1 pts per contest (290th in D-1) while connecting on 46.4% from the field. The Red Foxes are hitting 33.3% on shots beyond the perimeter (98 of 294) and 69.8% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Marist is collecting 35.6 boards per contest and has 189 dimes for the year, which has them ranked 331st in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 12.2 times per contest and as a team are committing 14.6 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Red Foxes are able to force 11.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 15.2 personal fouls. They currently rank 11th in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 153 relinquished for the campaign. Red Foxes defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 41.2% (322 of 782) and they concede 32.6 boards per game as a team. They relinquish 35.2% on shots from distance and they are ranked 40th in college hoops in points per game from their opponents (65.5).

The last time they took the hardwood, the St. Peter's Peacocks got the victory with a final of 62-49 when they faced Canisius. With respect to rebounding, St. Peter's allowed Canisius to grab 19 in total (3 on the offensive side). They finished 27.8% from three-point range by hitting 5 out of 18 and finished the contest at 10 of 15 from the charity stripe (66.7%). The Peacocks allowed Canisius to knock down 17 of their 50 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 34.0% in this contest. In all, the Peacocks ended up going 21 for 50 from the floor which had them shooting 42.0%. With respect to shooting from beyond the arc, St. Peter's converted 10 of their 22 tries (45.5%). They were able to knock down 10 of the free throws for a rate of 71.4%. Canisius committed 13 fouls for the contest which took the Peacocks to the charity stripe for a total of 14 tries. They also gave up possession of the ball 16 times, while getting 6 steals in the game. The Peacocks recorded 29 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive boards totaling 41 for the game.

Marcus Randolph was important for the Peacocks for the contest. He scored 19 points in his 36 mins of playing time and accumulated 2 dimes for the matchup. He converted 5 of 14 for the game for a field goal rate of 35.7%, and had 2 rebounds.

St. Peter's has a mark of 6-7 so far this year. The Peacocks are committing 21.2 fouls per contest and they hit 70.9% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 11.8 times per game (317th in college hoops) and they turn the ball over 14.1 times per contest. St. Peter's has scored 887 points for the year (68.2 per game) and they average 37.3 rebounds per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Peacocks are shooting 41.6% from the field, which is 327th in the nation.

The St. Peter's defense allows 28.6% on shots from 3-point land (73 of 255) and opponents are converting on 69.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 10.4 assists and 32.9 rebounds per contest, which has them ranked 28th and 103rd in Division 1. The Peacocks on defense are ranked 34th in Division 1 in points given up per game with 64.9. They are forcing 12.7 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 40.6% from the field (56th in college hoops).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Peter's

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