The Monmouth Hawks host the Iona Gaels in a Metro Atlantic game that will take place at the OceanFirst Bank Center in West Long Branch, New Jersey at 7 PM ET. Iona has won 9 of their 15 games on the season and they have an ATS record of 6-6-1 in the 13 games that have had a posted line. Monmouth has won 10 of their 15 games and they have at ATS record of 4-6-1 in their 11 games that have had a posted line.
Iona is coming off a 93-87 loss to Fairfield in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 4.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 180, which was well over the closing line of 158. The Gaels have failed to cover the spread in three of their last four games and the total has gone over in their last two games. Overall, Iona has lost three of their last four games.
Monmouth is coming off a 71-61 loss to Saint Peter’s in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 5.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 132, which was under the closing line of 139.5. The Hawks have failed to cover the spread in their last three games and previous to the Saint Peter’s game the total had gone under in four straight games. Monmouth has lost their last three games.
Offensively, Iona is putting up 76.3 points per game on a 44.4% FG average. On defense the Gaels are allowing 73.7 points per game on a 42.3% FG average.
Monmouth is putting up 79.3 points per game on a 42.2% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Hawks are allowing 76.2 points per game on a 41.7% FG average.
Last season Iona beat Monmouth in two of the three meetings including beating them in the conference tournament.
Iona Gaels vs. Monmouth Hawks Betting Trends
- Iona is 12-5 straight up in their last 17 road games.
- The game total has gone over in 4 of Monmouth’s last 5 games.
- Monmouth is 6-1 straight up in their last 7 home games.
- The Hawks are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games against the Gaels.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Iona and Monmouth see the public evenly split on the outcome of this game at 50%. The over/under bettors are just slightly leaning to this game staying under the posted total of 162 at 54% confidence.
