Canisius Griffins vs St. Peter's Peacocks Prediction, 12/5/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Canisius Golden Griffins vs St. Peter's Peacocks

Date: Friday, December 5, 2025

Location: Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, NJ

TV: ESPN+

Yanitelli Center is the location where the St. Peter's Peacocks (2-4) will take on the Canisius Golden Griffins (4-4) on Friday.

The Canisius Golden Griffins took the court against Buffalo and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 71-53 in their last contest. Canisius walked away from the contest having earned a 37.0% FG percentage (20 of 54) and made 3 out of their 20 three-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Griffins converted 10 of 14 attempts for a percentage of 71.4%. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they earned 32 with 7 of them being offensive. They also recorded 10 assists for this contest as well as forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and earning 4 steals. In regard to defense, Canisius let their opponent shoot 41.5% from the floor on 22 out of 53 shooting. Buffalo doled out 15 assists and had 8 steals for the game. Furthermore, Buffalo grabbed 30 boards (5 offensive, 25 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Buffalo shot 82.4% at the free throw line by knocking down 14 of their 17 attempts. They knocked down 13 of 35 tries from distance. When it comes to fouls, the Griffins walked away with 14 while Buffalo totaled 15 fouls.

Michael Evbagharu is someone who was a major contributor for the contest. He ended up with 13 points on 5 out of 10 shooting. He played 35 mins and also snagged 6 boards. He finished shooting 50.0% from the field and earned 2 dimes.

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Canisius will enter this contest with a win-loss mark of 4-4 on the year. They are turning it over 13.5 times per game and as a team are committing 17.8 personal fouls per game. As a unit, Canisius is grabbing 31.4 boards per game and has accumulated 92 assists this season, which ranks 324th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. The Griffins are hitting 34.0% on 3-point shots (54 of 159) and 67.1% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 62.3 points per outing (359th in college hoops) while hitting 42.8% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Griffins are able to force 9.9 turnovers every game and they draw 16.6 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 201st in Division 1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 109 relinquished so far this year. The Griffins defense is giving up a FG percentage of 44.9% (195 of 434) and they concede 31.6 rebounds per contest as a team. They surrender 29.4% on 3-point shots while they are 126th in D-1 in PPG allowed (70.3).

In their last game, the St. Peter's Peacocks took a loss by a score of 87-61 when they played Dartmouth. The Peacocks recorded 15 defensive boards and 14 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 in the game. They also turned it over 9 times, while getting 6 steals in the game. Dartmouth committed 16 personal fouls for this game which took the Peacocks to the charity stripe for 17 tries. They were able to convert 15 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 88.2%. In relation to three-point shots, St. Peter's made 4 out of their 24 attempts (16.7%). When all was said and done, the Peacocks finished 21 out of 64 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 32.8%. The Peacocks allowed Dartmouth to convert 26 out of 53 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.1% in this contest. They wrapped up this game 45.8% from beyond the arc by connecting on 11 of 24 and walked away from this one shooting 24 of 28 at the free throw line (85.7%). In regard to cleaning the glass, St. Peter's allowed Dartmouth to snag 37 in total (12 on the offensive glass).

Brent Bland pitched in for the Peacocks for the matchup. He buried 5 out of 9 for this game for a rate of 55.6%, and had 5 rebounds. He had 16 points in his 36 minutes on the court and added 1 assist in this game.

St. Peter's has a mark of 2-4 on the campaign. As an offense, the Peacocks are shooting 36.8% from the floor, which is ranked 360th in Division 1. St. Peter's has accumulated 403 points so far this year (67.2 per game) and they pull down 31.8 rebounds per contest. They are assisting teammates 11.5 times per game (330th in the country) and they turn the ball over 11.7 times per game. The Peacocks have committed 20.8 fouls every game and they go 81.6% from the free throw line.

The St. Peter's defense allows 40.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter (51 of 125) and opponents are knocking down 72.0% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 16.2 dimes and 38.0 boards per game, which ranks them 323rd and 307th in college hoops. The Peacocks are ranked 282nd in the country in PPG surrendered with 78.7. They are forcing 15.2 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 49.7% from the field (354th in D-1).

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Canisius

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