St. Peter's vs Rider Picks and Prediction – 2/1/2025

The Saint Peter's Peacocks will be on the road Friday with a game in New Jersey against Rider. Saint Peter’s has seven wins through 16 games played having lost three of the last five overall following and 11 point loss in their last outing to Merrimack. Offensively St. Peters is averaging 65.1 points on 43.2% shoot from the floor but poured in just 37 points last time out. Defensively St. Peters has been top tier holding opponents to 63.1 points bring overall and give up just 48 points in their last game despite the loss period for other college basketball action see our College Basketball Picks.

Marcus Randolph is the offensive leader this season for Saint Peters averaging 14.2 points per game. Armoni Ziegler averages 10.8 points and Bryce Eaton chips at 9.5 points to go along with the team leading 2.6 assists. Stephon Roberts averages 4.7 points to go along with the team leading 6.7 rebounds per game.

The Rider Broncs return home Friday six games below .500 on the year riding a 2 game skid following an 11 point loss in their last outing. Offensively Rider has averaged 65.1 points of 41.1% shoot from the floor. Defensively the Broncs have allowed 72.5 times per game this season and gave up 75 in their last outing.

TJ Weeks Jr. leads the Rider offense this season averaging 13.1 points per game game. Jay Alvarez is second on the roster averaging 12.8 points and Tariq Ingraham chips in 10.7 points to go along with the team leading 6.8 rebounds. Ruben Rodriguez averages just 3.1 points per game but leads the way averaging 3.1 assists per game as well. Zion Cruz  is 4th of the team this season averaging 8.4 points per game despite playing just 17 times this year.

Both teams have had troubles this year but the Peacocks are the better overall team. Look for Saint Peter's to rely heavily on their defense leading to the win on the road. Take The Peacocks Friday to do the work leading to the win and cover on the road. Final Score Prediction, Saint Peter's Peacocks win and cover 75-63.