Metro Atlantic Athletic foes will lock horns when the Rider Broncs (1-5) take on the Saint Peter’s Peacocks (1-4) at Alumni Gymnasium. The game begins at 7:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
The Broncs were blown out by Rhode Island 82-57 on Sunday. Kahlil Thomas played well for Rider, contributing 10 points, seven rebounds, and one assist. The Peacocks are coming off a 77-62 loss to Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday. Quadir Welton led the team in scoring with 17 points.
Rider is a six-point favorite against Saint Peter’s and the Over/Under (O/U) for this game is 121 points. The Broncs enter the game with records of 1-5 both Straight Up (SU) and Against The Spread (ATS).
Over on the other bench, the Peacocks have started the season well ATS with a 2-0 record to go along with a 1-4 SU record.
These conference foes will be facing off in their first head-to-head contest of the season. When they last met the Peacocks were winners, but the win was not enough to overtake Rider in their recent head-to-head series. Their record is now 2-8 SU over the most recent meetings. Furthermore, Rider leads the matchup ATS with a record of 7-3. Rider held the edge in field goals, rebounds, and three-pointers twice, while Saint Peter’s was never able to do so in their most recent five games.
Predictions: SU Winner – StPete, ATS Winner – StPete, O/U – Over
Notes
Rider is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
Rider is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Rider’s last 7 games.
Rider is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Saint Peter’s.
Rider is 5-12 ATS in its last 17 games when playing at home against Saint Peter’s.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Rider’s last 5 games when playing at home against Saint Peter’s.
With 61.4 possessions and .950 points per possession, the Rider Broncs perform worse on both metrics than the Saint Peter’s Peacocks. Saint Peter’s averages 71.6 possessions and 1.013 points per possession.
The Rider Broncs average an effective field goal percentage of 45.8% this season. The Saint Peter’s Peacocks are a winless 0-4 when opponents have an eFG% of 45.8% or greater.
On average, Saint Peter’s makes 5.4 steals per game. Rider is a losing 1-4 when it allows at least 5 steals.
