Manhattan at Quinnipiac – 2/13/22 College Basketball Picks and Prediction

The Manhattan Jaspers will travel to play the Quinnipiac Bobcats in a MAAC game on Sunday afternoon.

The Manhattan Jaspers are 11-11 (4-9) this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Manhattan is coming off of a loss against Monmouth by a score of 75-65. Manhattan shot 41.1% from the field and turned the ball over 19 times in the game. Josh Roberts led the Jaspers with 16 points and 14 rebounds in the loss. Manhattan is averaging 71.6 points per game and is giving up 72.9 points per game against, while also averaging 32.6 rebounds per game and 11.8 assists per game. Jose Perez is averaging 19.1 points per game and 4.5 assists per game, while Ant Nelson is averaging 10.1 points per game and 2.3 assists per game for the Jaspers. Manhattan is shooting 44.9% on field goals, 73.6% on free throws, and 31.5% on three pointers.

The Quinnipiac Bobcats are 12-10 (7-7) this season and have lost three of their last four games. Quinnipiac defeated Fairfield by a score of 69-60 in their last game. Quinnipiac shot 50% from the field and made 11 free throws in the win. Matt Balanc led the Bobcats with 23 points and 6 rebounds in the game. Quinnipiac is averaging 73.5 points per game and is giving up 71.6 points per game against, while also averaging 35.2 rebounds per game and 14.4 assists per game. Matt Balanc is averaging 14.9 points per game and 4 rebounds per game, while Kevin Marfo is averaging 10.3 points per game and 10.6 rebounds per game for the Bobcats. Quinnipiac is shooting 44.3% on field goals, 74.2% on free throws, and 34.6% on three pointers.

Manhattan is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 Sunday games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games. The over is 5-1-1 in Manhattan’s last 7 Sunday games. Quinnipiac is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a win. The under is 13-3 in Quinnipiac’s last 16 home games. The road team is 5-2-1 ATS in these two teams last 8 head to head meetings.

Manhattan comes into this game on a four game losing streak and is currently ninth in the MAAC standings. Quinnipiac is coming off of a win, but lost three straight games prior to that. I like Quinnipiac in this game because they are at home and are the better rebounding team.