The Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (10-5, 3-1 MAAC) are at home in MAAC play against the Sacred Heart Pioneers (6-9, 2-2 MAAC) on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET. The Mountaineers are 3.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup’s over/under is set at 150.
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Mount St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart Betting Trends, Records Against the Spread
Mount St. Mary’s is 3-1 against the spread when favored by 3.5 points or more this season.
Sacred Heart is 3-3-1 against the spread when an underdog by 3.5 points or more this season.
The Mountaineers and the Pioneers combine to average 1.9 fewer points per game than the total of 150 set for this game.
Mount St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart have seen their opponents average a combined 3.2 fewer points per game than the over/under of 150 set in this game.
The average point total in Mount St. Mary’s games this season is 5.4 fewer points than the total of 150 in this matchup.
Pioneers games this year have averaged an over/under of 150.3 points, 0.3 more than the point total in this matchup.
The Mountaineers’ ATS record is 11-3-0 this season.
The Pioneers are 7-6-1 against the spread this season.
Mount St. Mary’s Stats & Insights
Mount St. Mary’s averages 72.8 points per game (240th in college basketball) while giving up 71.8 per contest (206th in college basketball). It has a +15 scoring differential overall.
Mount St. Mary’s ranks 101st in the nation at 34.0 rebounds per game. That’s 1.1 more than the 32.9 its opponents average.
The Mountaineers make 7.1 three-pointers per game (246th in college basketball) at a 32.5% rate (249th in college basketball), compared to the 7.0 their opponents make while shooting 28.8% from beyond the arc.
Mount St. Mary’s averages 89.7 points per 100 possessions on offense (310th in college basketball), and allows 88.5 points per 100 possessions (112th in college basketball).
Offensively, the Mountaineers have fared better when playing at home this season, averaging 79.7 points per game, compared to 68.2 per game when playing on the road.
Sacred Heart Stats & Insights
Sacred Heart puts up 75.3 points per game (180th in college basketball) while allowing 75.0 per outing (279th in college basketball). It has a +4 scoring differential.
Sacred Heart wins the rebound battle by an average of 2.6 boards. It grabs 33.1 rebounds per game (158th in college basketball) compared to its opponents’ 30.5.
Sacred Heart connects on 9.1 three-pointers per game (71st in college basketball), while its opponents have made 10.1 on average.
Sacred Heart ranks 176th in college basketball averaging 96.2 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively is 290th, allowing 95.8 points per 100 possessions.
The Pioneers score 80.0 points per game at home, and 70.6 on the road.
Mount St. Mary’s Key Players to Watch
The Mountaineers leader in points and rebounds is Terrell Ard Jr., who scores 12.0 points and grabs 7.5 rebounds per game.
Mount St. Mary’s best passer is Xavier Lipscomb, who averages 4.1 assists per game to go with a PPG scoring average of 7.3.
The Mountaineers get the most three-point shooting production out of Carmelo Pacheco, who knocks down 2.1 threes per game.
Ard and Dola Adebayo lead Mount St. Mary’s on the defensive end, with Ard leading the team in steals averaging 1.5 per game and Adebayo in blocks averaging 1.1 per contest.
Sacred Heart Key Players to Watch
Anquan Hill racks up 12.6 points per game to be the top scorer for the Pioneers.
The Sacred Heart leaders in rebounding and assists are Bryce Johnson with 6.1 rebounds per game (also adding 8.8 points and 0.8 assists per game) and Mekhi Conner with 5.2 assists per game (also tacking on 8.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game).
Nyle Ralph-Beyer averages 2.1 three-pointers per game, the most on the Pioneers.
Amiri Stewart is at the top of the Sacred Heart steals and blocks leaderboards with 2.0 steals per game and 0.9 blocks per game.
Mount St. Mary’s vs. Sacred Heart Prediction
Mount St. Mary’s 76, Sacred Heart 70
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