The Saint Peter’s Peacocks welcome the Cornell Big Red to Yanitelli Center. Action begins at 7:00 pm ET on Monday, Dec. 28.
The Peacocks enter this game hoping for similar success after topping St. Francis Brooklyn 56-45 in their last matchup. Quadir Welton was the game’s leading scorer with 17 points on 5-for-13 shooting. The Big Red, meanwhile, are feeling some disappointment after their 78-69 loss against Monmouth in their last game. JoJo Fallas had a good game for Cornell, registering 17 points, six rebounds, and two assists.
Robert Hatter has been hot over the last five games for the Big Red, averaging 23.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.8 steals, and 2.8 three-pointers.
The Big Red may not find many second-chance opportunities in this matchup. They’re ranked 325th in the nation in offensive rebounding (OR% of 23.9%), whereas Saint Peter’s is 16th-best in the nation on the defensive glass (DR% of 76.4%).
Saint Peter’s is a seven-point favorite against Cornell and the Over/Under (O/U) for this game is sitting at 138 points. The Peacocks have gone 4-6 Straight Up (SU) and 5-1 Against The Spread (ATS).
Over on the other bench, the Big Red have 5-6 SU and 2-4 ATS records.
These two will be squaring off for the first time this season. In their most recent meeting a season ago, Cornell came out on top, bumping its SU record to 3-0 over the Big Red. The Peacocks also lead the matchup ATS with a record of 2-1.
Predictions: SU Winner – Cor, ATS Winner – Cor, O/U – Over
Notes
Saint Peter’s is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games.
Cornell scores just 69.3 points per away game (ranked 163rd). Saint Peter’s ranks 70th in points allowed at home, giving up 61.2 points.
Saint Peter’s has an average field goal percentage of 42.1%. Cornell is an abysmal 2-6 when opponents have a similar or higher field goal percentage.
The Saint Peter’s Peacocks rank higher based on their field goal percentage (256th) than their effective field goal percentage (264th). The Cornell Big Red rank higher based on their effective field goal percentage (172nd) than their field goal percentage (247th).
Saint Peter’s records 5.6 steals per game. Cornell is 4-6 when giving up at least 5 steals.
