Iona Gaels vs St. Peter's Peacocks Prediction, 1/19/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Iona Gaels vs St. Peter's Peacocks

Date: Monday, January 19, 2026

Location: Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, NJ

TV: ESPN+

Yanitelli Center is where the St. Peter's Peacocks (9-6) will try to defeat the Iona Gaels (12-7) on Monday.

The Iona Gaels faced Rider and took a loss by a score of 72-68 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Gaels ended up walking away with 22 and Rider racked up 15 personal fouls. They also converted 4 of 10 attempts from three-point range. Rider ended up shooting 71.4% when shooting free throws by converting 20 of their 28 tries. Moreover, Rider snagged 40 boards (13 offensive, 27 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Rider totaled 14 dimes and had 1 steal in the game. In terms of defense, Iona allowed the other team to go 46.2% from the field on 24 of 52 shooting. They also recorded 16 assists for the game in addition to forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and having 4 steals. In terms of pulling down rebounds, they earned 23 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Gaels converted 5 of their 12 attempts for a percentage of 41.7%. Iona finished the contest with a 41.0% FG percentage (25 out of 61) and buried 13 out of their 35 three-point attempts.

Denver Anglin is one player who played a role in this contest. He finished the game shooting 50.0% from the field and also distributed 3 assists. He played for 28 minutes and also collected 5 rebounds. He ended up finishing with 14 points on 5 of 10 shooting.

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Iona heads into this contest with a win-loss record of 12-7 for the year. They turn it over 12.1 times per contest and as a squad they are committing 15.3 fouls every game. As a unit, Iona is pulling in 35.5 rebounds per contest and has tallied 275 assists for the campaign, which has them ranked 96th in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Gaels are connecting on 35.5% from downtown (177 of 499) and 70.0% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 75.3 points per outing (221st in D-1) while hitting 44.7% from the floor.

Defensively, the Gaels are forcing 11.8 turnovers per game and they draw 15.7 fouls. They are giving up 30.2% on shots from downtown and they are ranked 207th in D-1 in points per game allowed (74.4). The Gaels defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 43.1% (522 of 1,210) and they concede 38.6 boards per game as a team. They are ranked 347th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 298 surrendered on the campaign.

When they last played, the St. Peter's Peacocks walked away with a victory by a final of 74-70 when they played Quinnipiac. The Peacocks collected 24 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 31 in this matchup. They also turned it over 13 times, while getting 7 steals in this contest. Quinnipiac had 21 fouls in this contest which took the Peacocks to the free throw line for a total of 26 attempts. They were able to bury 21 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 80.8%. In regard to 3-point shots, St. Peter's converted 7 of their 16 attempts (43.8%). Overall, the Peacocks went 23 for 50 from the field which gave them a percentage of 46.0%. The Peacocks allowed Quinnipiac to make 24 of their 59 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 40.7% in the game. They went 36.8% from 3-point land by shooting 7 of 19 and finished the game at 15 out of 24 from the free throw line (62.5%). When it comes to how they attacked the glass, St. Peter's permitted Quinnipiac to snag 27 in all (9 on the offensive side).

Brent Bland pitched in for the Peacocks for this contest. He had 17 points in his 36 minutes on the hardwood and had 3 dimes for the matchup. He made 3 out of 9 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 33.3%, and accumulated 8 rebounds.

St. Peter's has a win-loss mark of 9-6 this year. The Peacocks commit 20.6 fouls per contest and they connect on 76.7% from the charity stripe. Their rate of earning assists is at 12.7 times per game (286th in college) and they turn it over 11.5 times per game. St. Peter's has totaled 1,081 pts for the campaign (72.1 per game) and they pull in 35.3 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Peacocks are shooting 40.4% from the floor, which is 348th in college.

The Peacocks are ranked 63rd in the nation in PPG allowed with 68.4. They are forcing their opponents into 14.9 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 42.4% from the field (123rd in D-1). The St. Peter's defense concedes 32.7% from downtown (93 of 284) and their opposition knocks down 73.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They relinquish 12.8 dimes and 35.4 boards per contest, which ranks them 129th and 235th in the nation.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Iona

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