Quinnipiac vs. Mount St. Mary’s betting: College basketball preview for Jan. 4

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The Quinnipiac Bobcats (10-5, 3-1 MAAC) host the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (5-10, 1-3 MAAC) after winning five straight home games. The Bobcats are favored by 8.5 points in the matchup, which starts at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 4, 2026. The over/under is 150.5 in the matchup.

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Quinnipiac vs. Mount St. Mary’s betting lines

  • Quinnipiac moneyline odds to win: -476
  • Mount St. Mary’s moneyline odds to win: +358
  • Spread: Quinnipiac (-8.5)
  • Total: 150.5

Quinnipiac statistics, trends and more

As the home team

  • Quinnipiac owns a worse record against the spread in home games (3-3-0) than it does on the road (5-3-0).
  • The Bobcats have exceeded the over/under in a lower percentage of games at home (16.7%) than away games (62.5%).
  • Quinnipiac has won a higher percentage of its matchups as a moneyline favorite when playing at home, going 5-0 (1.000). When playing away from home as a moneyline favorite, it sports a record of 1-1 (.500).

Recent trends

  • The Bobcats’ offense has been improved over their last 10 games, putting up 78.0 points per contest compared to the 77.8 they’ve averaged this season.
  • Quinnipiac’s defense has been more stingy as of late, as the team has given up 72.3 points per game during its past 10 compared to the 72.9 points per game its opponents are averaging this season.
  • Over their past 10 contests, the Bobcats are making the same number of three-pointers per game as their season long average (7.8), while shooting a higher percentage from deep in that span (38.0% compared to 35.8% season-long).

Quinnipiac betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 8-6-0 (Home: 3-3-0; Away: 5-3-0)
  • ATS Record When Favored by 8.5+: 2-2-0 (As Favorite: 4-3-0; As Underdog: 4-3-0)
  • O-U-P: 6-8-0 (Home: 1-5-0; Away: 5-3-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 6-1 (Home: 5-0; Away: 1-1)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 3-4 (Home: 0-1; Away: 3-3)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
44.3 (248th in nation) 43.0 (155th) 34.6 (111th) 33.7 (308th) 14.1 (200th) 11.3 (159th)

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Mount St. Mary’s statistics, trends and more

As the away team

  • Against the spread, Mount St. Mary’s has had better results on the road (6-4-0) than at home (2-2-0).
  • Mountaineers games have finished above the over/under 50% of the time both at home (two of four) and on the road (five of 10) this year.
  • This season the Mountaineers are 1-1 at home when moneyline underdogs (.500 winning percentage). Away they are 0-8 (.000).

Recent trends

  • The Mountaineers are putting up 68.7 points per game over their previous 10 games, compared to their season average of 68.1.
  • Mount St. Mary’s is ceding 74.6 points per game over its last 10 games, which is 0.2 fewer points than it is allowing for the season (74.8).
  • Over their previous 10 games, the Mountaineers are sinking 7.1 treys per game, 0.9 fewer threes than their season average (8.0). They also own a lower three-point percentage over their last 10 games (29.5%) compared to their season average (31.9%).

Mount St. Mary’s betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 8-6-0 (Home: 2-2-0; Away: 6-4-0)
  • ATS Record When Underdog by 8.5+: 4-1-0 (As Favorite: 3-1-0; As Underdog: 5-5-0)
  • O-U-P: 7-7-0 (Home: 2-2-0; Away: 5-5-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 3-1 (Home: 1-1; Away: 2-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 1-9 (Home: 1-1; Away: 0-8)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
44.0 (260th in nation) 41.9 (95th) 33.1 (185th) 30.3 (140th) 14.8 (150th) 16.1 (364th)
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