The Niagara Purple Eagles (9-9, 4-5 MAAC) and Saint Peter’s Peacocks (8-11, 3-7) meet in a Sunday afternoon Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game in Jersey City. Tip at the Yanitelli Center is at 2 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Niagara vs. Saint Peter’s odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Since Jan. 8, Niagara is 0-4 straight up and 1-3 against the spread. All 4 losses have been by 6 points or less. In their last game on Friday, the Purple Eagles were a 4.5-point underdog at Rider. NU finished as a minus-7 in rebounding and a minus-4 in turnovers in a game it lost 65-62.
The Peacocks also played Friday, and they won 61-57 as 2.5-point underdogs at Marist, snapping a 5-game losing streak. The lowest-scoring team in the MAAC (61.8 points per game) has averaged a meager 55.6 PPG during the skid.
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