The UMass-Lowell River Hawks and the Saint Peter’s Peacocks meet in college basketball action from the Yanitelli Center on Monday night.
UMass-Lowell Loses Heartbreaker
The UMass-Lowell River Hawks will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing 71-69 loss to Arizona State in their last matchup. Ayinde Hikim leads the River Hawks in scoring and assists with 20.2 PPG and 5 APG while Abdoul Karim Coulibaly has 15 PPG with a team-high 7 RPG to lead the River Hawks on the glass this season. Cam Morris III has 10.3 PPG with 6 RPG to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for UMass-Lowell up to this point in the year. As a team, UMass-Lowell is averaging 80 PPG on 49.2% shooting from the field, 29.7% from behind the arc and 78.6% from the foul line this season.
Saint Peter’s Edged Out By FDU
The Saint Peter’s Peacocks come into this one looking to rebound from a narrow 71-70 loss at the hands of Fairleigh Dickinson in their last matchup. Michael Houge leads the Peacocks in scoring with 13.3 PPG along with 5 RPG while Marcus Randolph and Corey Washingto each have 10.7 PPG with Washington logging 6 RPG on the year. Latrell Reid has 10 PPG with 4.3 RPG and a team-high 5 APG to lead the Peacocks in the assist department while rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for Saint Peter’s so far this season. As a team, Saint Peter’s is averaging 68 PPG on 39.3% shooting from the field, 32.4% from three and 85.2% from the foul line this season.
Chris’ Pick
I’m sticking with UMass-Lowell here. I think the River Hawks are one of the best mid-major teams in the country, and I honestly think they were really unlucky to not beat Arizona State last time out. Saint Peter’s is a decent team, but they sometimes forget to score to give themselves a chance in games and I just think that UMass-Lowell does enough to get the win and cover here.
AUTHOR: Chris Ruffolo
