St. Peter's Peacocks vs Kentucky Wildcats Prediction, 3/17/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Peter's Peacocks vs Kentucky Wildcats

Date: Thursday, March 17, 2022

Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN

TV: CBS

Odds/Point Spread: St. Peter's (+18)

The St. Peter's Peacocks (19-11) are on their way to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Thursday where they will try to beat the Kentucky Wildcats (26-7). St. Peter's opens this contest as 18-point dogs. The betting total is set at 131.5.

The St. Peter's Peacocks played Monmouth and went home with a win by a final score of 60-54 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Peacocks walked away with 24 while Monmouth had 20 personal fouls. They also converted 3 of their 19 tries from downtown. Monmouth finished the game at 81.8% when shooting free throws by knocking down 27 of 33 tries. In addition, Monmouth collected 35 boards (11 offensive, 24 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Monmouth doled out 7 dimes and had 9 steals in the matchup. When talking about defense, St. Peter's allowed their opponent to shoot 23.5% from the field on 12 of 51 shooting. They also distributed 9 assists in this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and earning 2 steals. With regard to grabbing boards, they collected 31 with 6 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Peacocks buried 15 of 21 tries for a percentage of 71.4%. St. Peter's finished with a 41.3% field goal percentage (19 of 46) and converted 7 of their 20 shots from distance.

Doug Edert is one player who was a major contributor in this contest. He finished the contest at 50.0% from the field and also distributed 2 dimes. He played 32 mins played and collected 1 rebound. He ended up walking away with 20 points on 5 out of 10 shooting.

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St. Peter's heads into this game with a mark of 19-11 so far this season. They turn the ball over 13.9 times per contest and as a team they commit 19.5 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, St. Peter's is pulling down 36.2 rebounds per game and has accounted for 366 assists for the campaign, which is 268th in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Peacocks are shooting 35.3% on 3-pointers (176 of 499) and 68.3% from the charity stripe. They average 66.9 pts per contest (287th in D-1) while shooting 43.1% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Peacocks are forcing their opponents into 14.0 turnovers per game and they draw 18.1 personal fouls. They surrender 29.3% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 19th in D-1 in PPG allowed (61.8). The Peacocks are giving up a field goal percentage of 38.3% (607 of 1,583) and they concede 33.1 rebounds per game as a squad. They rank 22nd in college basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 313 surrendered on the season.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Kentucky Wildcats took a loss by a score of 69-62 against Tennessee. The Wildcats snagged 26 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 39 in this contest. They also turned it over 9 times, while getting 6 steals for the contest. Tennessee committed 21 fouls for the matchup which took the Wildcats to the free throw line for 22 tries. They were able to bury 16 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 72.7%. When talking about shooting from 3-point land, Kentucky converted 2 out of their 20 tries (10.0%). When this game wrapped up, the Wildcats ended up going 22 out of 64 from the field which gave them a percentage of 34.4%. The Wildcats allowed Tennessee to make 23 of 52 attempts from the field which had them at 44.2% for the matchup. They shot 40.0% from distance by hitting 6 out of 15 and ended up going 17 out of 25 at the free throw line (68.0%). In regard to how they cleaned up the glass, Kentucky allowed Tennessee to pull down 33 in total (6 on the offensive glass).

TyTy Washington ended up being a major contributor for the Wildcats for the game. He converted 6 of 16 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 37.5%, and accounted for 6 rebounds. He racked up 17 points in his 37 minutes on the hardwood and had 4 dimes in the game.

Kentucky has a win-loss mark of 26-7 for the season. On the offensive side of the court, the Wildcats are shooting 48.5% from the field, which has them ranked 13th in college basketball. Kentucky has totaled 2,622 points this season (79.5 per contest) and they grab 40.3 rebounds per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 16.1 times per game (19th in D-1) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 11.5 times per game. The Wildcats are committing 14.2 fouls per game and they hit 73.0% from the free throw line.

The Wildcats on the defensive end are ranked 84th in college basketball in points allowed per contest with 66.0. They are forcing their opponents into 12.1 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 41.1% from the floor (58th in D-1). The Kentucky defense surrenders 30.4% on three-point shots (214 of 703) and opponents are making 71.5% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 11.3 dimes and 30.2 boards on a nightly basis, which is ranked 76th and 15th in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kentucky (-18)

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