The Saint Peter’s Peacocks (6-5) and the No. 23 Maryland Terrapins (8-3) meet Thursday at Xfinity Center in College Park, Md. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the St. Peter’s vs. Maryland odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
The Peacocks have posted back-to-back victories against Hartford (58-57, Dec. 13) and Quinnipiac (63-56, Sunday) to get back over .500. The outright win 4.5-point underdogs against Quinnipiac snapped an 0-4 ATS skid, too. The Under is 4-0 in the past 4 for Saint Peter’s, and 6-1 in its last 7 outings.
The Terrapins were drilled 87-60 by UCLA last time out on Dec. 14, their 3rd consecutive loss after opening 8-0 straight up and 7-1 ATS. The Under has cashed in 4 of the past 5 games overall for Maryland.