St. Peter's Peacocks vs Seton Hall Pirates Prediction, 11/2/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Peter's Peacocks vs Seton Hall Pirates

Date: Monday, November 2, 2026

Location: Prudential Center in Newark, NJ

TV: ESPN+

Prudential Center is the site where the Seton Hall Pirates (21-12 last year) will compete against the St. Peter's Peacocks (17-12 last season) on Monday.

The St. Peter's Peacocks stepped onto the hardwood against Fairfield and ended up losing by a score of 74-55 in their last contest. When talking about fouls, the Peacocks finished with 22 while Fairfield totaled 11 fouls. They also converted 7 out of their 19 attempts from three-point range. Fairfield finished the contest at 59.1% when shooting free throws by making 13 of their 22 tries. Moreover, Fairfield collected 43 boards (18 offensive, 25 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. Fairfield distributed 16 dimes and had 9 steals in the matchup. In the matter of the defense, St. Peter's allowed their opponent to shoot 43.5% from the floor on 27 out of 62 shooting. They also distributed 13 assists in this game while creating 11 turnovers and earning 6 steals. Pertaining to grabbing boards, they collected 30 with 12 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Peacocks buried 9 of 18 shots for a percentage of 50.0%. St. Peter's finished having earned a 36.4% FG percentage (20 of 55) and knocked down 6 of 19 shots from 3-point land.

Brent Bland is one guy who came through for the contest. He was able to score 11 points on 4 of 11 shooting. He played for 36 mins and grabbed 7 rebounds. He went 36.4% from the field and totaled 2 dimes.

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St. Peter's will play this game after finishing with a win-loss mark of 17-12 last season. They averaged 70.8 points per contest (290th in the country) while hitting 41.2% from the field. The Peacocks connected on 31.9% from downtown (213 of 668) and 73.3% from the free throw line. As a unit, St. Peter's snagged 35.7 rebounds per game and racked up 377 dimes over the course of last year, which had them ranked 321st in the nation in terms of passing the rock. They gave up possession 11.6 times per game and as a group committed 20.0 fouls per game.

Defensively, the Peacocks were able to force their opponents into 13.7 turnovers per contest and they drew 17.6 fouls. They relinquished 32.3% from 3-point land and they were 43rd in college hoops in opponents PPG (68.4). The Peacocks gave up a field goal percentage of 42.1% (643 of 1,527) and they conceded 34.6 rebounds per game as a team. They were ranked 10th in the nation in giving up assists with 345 surrendered last year.

In their last game, the Seton Hall Pirates took a loss by a final score of 78-68 when they faced St. John's. The Pirates were able to collect 14 defensive boards and 12 offensive rebounds for a total of 26 in the matchup. They gave up possession 11 times, while earning 9 steals in this matchup. St. John's had 16 fouls for this game which got the Pirates to the charity stripe for 12 tries. They were able to bury 9 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 75.0%. Regarding shooting from 3-point land, Seton Hall converted 5 out of their 20 attempts (25.0%). When all was said and done, the Pirates shot 27 out of 65 from the field which had them shooting 41.5%. The Pirates allowed St. John's to bury 25 of 48 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 52.1% in the game. They finished 33.3% from distance by shooting 4 of 12 and ended up shooting 24 out of 30 from the free throw line (80.0%). When discussing how they rebounded, Seton Hall permitted St. John's to pull down 30 in total (8 offensive).

Adam Clark was important for the Pirates for the matchup. He made 6 out of 18 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 33.3%, and had 3 rebounds. He totaled 17 points in his 33 mins of playing time and accumulated 11 assists for the matchup.

Seton Hall had a win-loss mark of 21-12 last year. When it comes to offensive execution, the Pirates shot 43.5% from the field, which ranked 284th in the country. Seton Hall accounted for 2,321 points over the course of last season (70.3 per game) and they collected 35.8 boards per contest. They assisted teammates 13.1 times per game (241st in the country) and they coughed up possession 11.1 times per game. The Pirates committed 18.8 personal fouls per game and they went 72.3% from the charity stripe.

The Seton Hall defense gave up 32.4% on shots from beyond the arc (237 of 731) and their opponents connected on 71.2% of their free throw attempts. They gave up 17.3 dimes and 33.5 rebounds per game, which was ranked 274th and 111th in those defensive categories. The Pirates defensively were ranked 11th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 65.3. They forced 14.3 turnovers per game and allowed teams to shoot 40.4% from the field (21st in the nation).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Peter's

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