St. Bonaventure Bonnies vs Saint Joseph's Hawks Prediction, 1/14/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Bonaventure Bonnies vs Saint Joseph's Hawks

Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Location: Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena in Philadelphia, PA

TV: ESPN+

The Saint Joseph's Hawks (10-7) will play the St. Bonaventure Bonnies (11-5) at Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena on Wednesday.

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies faced Fordham and went home with a loss by a final score of 81-77 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Bonnies ended up finishing with 19 and Fordham accounted for 13 fouls. They buried 8 out of their 19 shots from 3-point range. Fordham finished the contest at 94.4% when shooting free throws by converting 17 of their 18 shots. In addition, Fordham snagged 27 rebounds (7 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Fordham doled out 17 dimes and had 9 steals in this contest. Regarding defense, St. Bonaventure allowed the other team to shoot 48.3% from the field on 28 of 58 shooting. They also doled out 13 assists for the contest while forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and having 5 steals. When discussing pulling down rebounds, they earned a total of 28 with 9 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Bonnies buried 9 of their 10 attempts for a percentage of 90.0%. St. Bonaventure wrapped up the game with a 47.5% FG percentage (28 out of 59) and converted 12 of 28 three-point shots.

Daryl Simmons II is a player who was a major contributor in the matchup. He left the arena with 24 points on 8 of 14 shooting. He was on the court for 40 minutes played and snagged 5 rebounds. He finished shooting 57.1% from the field and also dished out 3 assists.

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St. Bonaventure comes into this one with a mark of 11-5 on the year. They turn it over 11.8 times per game and as a group are committing 16.7 personal fouls per contest. As a team, St. Bonaventure is pulling in 35.9 boards per contest and has earned 255 dimes on the campaign, which is 132nd in the country in terms of passing. The Bonnies are connecting on 37.3% on shots from beyond the arc (118 of 316) and 76.1% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 78.6 points per outing (146th in D-1) while hitting 47.4% from the floor.

On defense, the Bonnies are able to force 12.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.1 fouls. They are ranked 163rd in the nation in giving up assists to the opposition with 218 conceded for the campaign. The Bonnies defense is allowing a FG percentage of 45.1% (408 of 904) and they surrender 31.1 rebounds per game as a unit. They are giving up 33.1% from beyond the arc while they are 167th in college in points per game allowed (72.8).

When they last played, the Saint Joseph's Hawks took home the win by a final score of 67-65 when they played Richmond. The Hawks earned 33 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards totaling 41 for this game. They gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while earning 5 steals in this matchup. Richmond earned 8 fouls in this game which took the Hawks to the free throw line for 6 tries. They were able to knock down 3 of those for a rate of 50.0%. With respect to 3-pointers, Saint Joseph's converted 10 out of their 31 tries (32.3%). Overall, the Hawks went 27 for 64 from the field which gave them a percentage of 42.2%. The Hawks allowed Richmond to make 22 out of 64 tries from the field which had them sitting at 34.4% in the game. They went 40.0% from 3-point land by going 10 of 25 and ended up going 11 out of 16 at the free throw line (68.8%). With respect to how they cleaned up the glass, Saint Joseph's allowed Richmond to get 36 in total (8 offensive).

Derek Simpson was important for the Hawks in this matchup. He converted 7 of 19 for the contest for a field goal rate of 36.8%, and accounted for 13 rebounds. He totaled 19 points in his 37 minutes on the court and totaled 2 dimes for the contest.

Saint Joseph's has a mark of 10-7 on the year. On the offensive side of the court, the Hawks are hitting on 42.1% from the field, which is 322nd in college. Saint Joseph's has 1,274 points for the season (74.9 per game) and they collect 39.9 boards per game. They are assisting teammates 15.1 times per contest (133rd in the nation) and they turn it over 12.0 times per contest. The Hawks are committing 15.1 personal fouls every game and they connect on 76.1% from the free throw line.

The Hawks are ranked 178th in D-1 in PPG surrendered with 73.2. They are able to force 10.8 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 42.4% from the field (124th in college). The Saint Joseph's defense allows 33.6% on shots from beyond the arc (136 of 405) and their opposition knocks down 67.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They allow 13.2 assists and 35.5 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 171st and 239th in college.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Bonaventure

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