Sacred Heart vs New Hampshire Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/16/24

The Sacred Heart Pioneers and the New Hampshire Wildcats meet Saturday in college basketball action from Pizzitola Sports Center. Here’s a Sacred Heart vs New Hampshire prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Sacred Heart vs New Hampshire pick. We will examine:

The Sacred Heart Pioneers’ recent form and player performance

The New Hampshire Wildcats’ recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Sacred Heart Pioneers

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the New Hampshire Wildcats

Recent betting trends in games played between Sacred Heart and New Hampshire

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Sacred Heart vs New Hampshire game

Sacred Heart Pioneers Betting Preview

The Pioneers stumbled out of the gate this year, soon building to an 0-3 record. Game one was an 81-70 loss to Temple, then came a 92-56 blowout at the hands of UConn. Last weekend versus Dartmouth, Sacred Heart fell again, this time 81-76.

Matched up against Holy Cross on Friday, the Pioneers were up 37-35 by halftime. The second half was another story, however, as Sacred Heart trailed 47-38 in an eventual 82-75 loss. Tops in scoring was Aidan Carpenter with 21 points and three assists.

New Hampshire Wildcats Betting Preview

Over on the New Hampshire side, they were able to win their second game over UMass Boston 99-69. Unfortunately, the other three games in their first quartet were all losses: 103-74 versus UMass, 92-53 versus UConn, and 62-56 against Fairfield.

On Friday versus Brown, New Hampshire trailed 38-29 going into the second half. After another 38-29 deficit from there, the Wildcats eventually fell 76-58. Sami Pissis led the team in the losing effort with 21 points and three rebounds.

Why the Sacred Heart Pioneers will win

• New Hampshire has lost five of its last six games.
• Sacred Heart has won the first half in three of its last four day games against non-AP-ranked opponents at a neutral venue.

Why the New Hampshire Wildcats will win

• Sacred Heart has lost each of its last five games against non-Conference opponents.

Total Points Facts

• Each of New Hampshire’s last eight Saturday day games against non-Conference opponents have produced a total of 149 or fewer points.
• Five of Sacred Heart’s last six games against non-Conference opponents at Pizzitola Sports Center have produced a total of 155+ points.

Sacred Heart vs New Hampshire Prediction

I’ll probably lean toward New Hampshire. The Wildcats had a tough time with Brown on Friday though, and they’ll need a good bounce-back effort here. New Hampshire shot just 30 percent from the field and a rough 16-of-25 (64 percent) from the line in that one. The good news is that they kept pace on the boards and notched an advantage in offensive rebounds 15-11.

As for Sacred Heart, they had a bad second half on Friday but really didn’t play terribly overall. The glaring stat was the 15-of-22 (68.2 percent) from the line—not to mention the 33-30 rebounding deficit. The good news is that the Pioneers shot a solid 44.6 percent from the field. The bad news is that they gave up 50.9 percent on the other side. The Wildcats should have plenty of clean looks in this one.