The Long Island Sharks (3-7, 0-0 NEC) will try to end a seven-game road skid when squaring off against the Sacred Heart Pioneers (4-9, 0-0 NEC) on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at William H. Pitt Center, airing at 7:00 PM ET.
Sacred Heart fell at home to Hartford 78-71 last time out, led by Aaron Clarke (23 PTS, 45.5 FG%, 2-7 from 3PT) and Nico Galette (14 PTS, 7 REB, 44.4 FG%). In its most recent game, LIU won at home over Army, 90-65. Its top scorers were Eral Penn (23 PTS, 61.5 FG%, 4-6 from 3PT) and Tyrn Flowers (17 PTS, 9 REB, 40 FG%, 4-9 from 3PT).
The Pioneers defeated the Sharks 87-72 in the last meeting between the teams on December 17, 2020. Tyler Thomas scored 23 points to pace the Pioneers, and Flowers scored 23 points for the Sharks.
Matchup at a glance
- Game Day: Wednesday, December 29, 2021
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- Location: Fairfield, Connecticut
- Arena: William H. Pitt Center
- Spread: Sacred Heart -2.5
- Total: 148.5
- Moneyline: Sacred Heart, LIU
Sacred Heart player stats
Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyler Thomas | 13 | 19.2 | 4.4 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
Aaron Clarke | 9 | 15.4 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.6 |
Nico Galette | 13 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
Alex Watson | 13 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
Bryce Johnson | 13 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
LIU player stats
Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eral Penn | 9 | 15.2 | 6.2 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.9 |
Tyrn Flowers | 10 | 15 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
Isaac Kante | 10 | 12.9 | 8.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Kyndall Davis | 10 | 8.5 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
Tre Wood | 10 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Sacred Heart stats
- The Pioneers score just 1.7 fewer points than the Sharks give up (73.7).
- Sacred Heart is 4-0 when putting more than 73.7 points on the board.
- The Pioneers and Sharks rebound at about the same rate, with the Pioneers averaging 0.2 fewer rebounds per game.
- When LIU has a rebounding advantage, it is 3-2. When recording fewer boards, Sacred Heart is 0-6.
- The Pioneers shot 44% from the field, 2.6% higher than the Sharks concede defensively.
- Sacred Heart has a 4-2 straight-up record when shooting better than 41.4% from the field.
Betting on Sacred Heart
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Pioneers have an implied win probability of 0.0%.
- Sacred Heart has nine wins against the spread in 13 games.
- This season, the Pioneers have just one against the spread win in three games as a favourite of 2.5 points or more.
- Pioneers games have an average of 141.2 points this season, 7.3 fewer than Wednesday’s over/under.