The Fairfield Stags (6-10, 2-4 MAAC) and Saint Peter’s Peacocks (7-10, 2-6) meet Sunday. Tip at Yanitelli Center in Jersey City will be at 2 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Fairfield vs. Saint Peter’s odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Fairfield heads into this contest on a 3-game losing skid. After a month of home games in Dec., the Stags are playing their 2nd straight game on the road. They lost 76-69 as 17.5-point underdogs at Iona Friday.
Saint Peter’s — which is 3-1 straight up and against the spread (ATS) across its last 4 games against the Stags — is also on a losing skid of late. The Peacocks have lost 4 in a row (1-3 ATS). The MAAC’s lowest-scoring team (62.4 points per game) has averaged just 56.5 PPG over the losing spell.
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