Marist vs. Fairfield betting: College basketball preview for January 12

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The Marist Red Foxes (11-2, 4-0 MAAC) are 7.5-point favorites as they attempt to continue a seven-game home win streak when they take on the Fairfield Stags (6-9, 2-2 MAAC) on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at McCann Arena. The game airs at 2:00 PM ET on ESPN+. The over/under is set at 135 in the matchup.

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Marist Cover -7.5 vs Fairfield -108

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Marist vs. Fairfield betting lines

  • Marist moneyline odds to win: -323
  • Fairfield moneyline odds to win: +254
  • Spread: Marist (-7.5)
  • Total: 135

Marist statistics, trends and more

As the home team

  • Marist owns a worse record against the spread at home (3-4-0) than it does on the road (3-3-0).
  • The Red Foxes have eclipsed the total less often at home, hitting the over in two of seven home matchups (28.6%). In away games, they have hit the over in five of six games (83.3%).
  • As a moneyline favorite, Marist has the same winning percentage at home compared to when playing on the road (1.000).

Last season stats

  • The Red Foxes were the ninth-worst squad in college basketball in points scored (64.6 per game) but fifth-best in points allowed (62.2) last year.
  • With 29.7 rebounds per game and 30.5 rebounds conceded, Marist was 319th and 116th in college basketball, respectively, last year.
  • The Red Foxes were 250th in the nation in assists (12.3 per game) last year.

Marist betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 6-7-0 (Home: 3-4-0; Away: 3-3-0)
  • ATS Record When Favored by 7.5+: 2-1-0 (As Favorite: 4-5-0; As Underdog: 2-2-0)
  • O-U-P: 7-6-0 (Home: 2-5-0; Away: 5-1-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 9-0 (Home: 7-0; Away: 2-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 2-2 (Home: 0-0; Away: 2-2)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
46.5 (105th in nation) 41.8 (103rd) 32.9 (174th) 29.2 (83rd) 13.6 (200th) 11.2 (149th)

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Fairfield statistics, trends and more

As the away team

  • This season, Fairfield is 3-2-0 at home against the spread (.600 winning percentage). On the road, it is 2-5-0 ATS (.286).
  • Stags games have gone above the over/under 20% of the time at home (one of five), and 57.1% of the time on the road (four of seven).
  • The Stags’ winning percentage at home as moneyline underdogs is .500 (1-1), and away it is .000 (0-6).

Recent trends

  • While the Stags are posting 69.7 points per game in 2024-25, they have bettered that mark in their last 10 games, producing 71.4 a contest.
  • Fairfield is allowing 77.5 points per contest in its last 10 games, which is 3.7 more points than it is allowing for the season (73.8).
  • The Stags are draining 7.4 threes per game with a 33.8% three-point percentage over their past 10 games, compared to their season averages of 6.8 and 30.8%.

Fairfield betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 6-8-0 (Home: 3-2-0; Away: 2-5-0)
  • ATS Record When Underdog by 7.5+: 2-4-0 (As Favorite: 2-2-0; As Underdog: 4-6-0)
  • O-U-P: 6-7-1 (Home: 1-4-0; Away: 4-3-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 3-1 (Home: 2-1; Away: 1-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 2-8 (Home: 1-1; Away: 0-6)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
41.5 (328th in nation) 47.9 (350th) 30.9 (280th) 31.4 (196th) 13.5 (208th) 10.0 (50th)
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