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Match Facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Matchup | Quinnipiac Bobcats at Monmouth Hawks |
| Sport | Men’s college basketball (non-conference) |
| Date | Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
| Tip time | 7:00 PM ET |
| Venue | OceanFirst Bank Center (West Long Branch, NJ) |
| Broadcast | FloC |
| Records | Quinnipiac 8-3; Monmouth 5-6 |
| Key angle | Quinnipiac offense and pace vs. Monmouth’s strong home form |
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Line and Odds
- Spread: Quinnipiac -1.5 / Monmouth +1.5
- Moneyline: Quinnipiac -121 / Monmouth -103
- Total: 148.5
This market is essentially a “near pick’em” with a slight lean toward Quinnipiac’s offensive consistency, while the moneyline suggests books respect Monmouth’s home-court advantage. The total is telling you to expect possessions and scoring chances, which aligns with Quinnipiac’s pace and scoring average. Live market and movement: college basketball scores and odds.
Movement Matchup
Quinnipiac’s advantage is that it can create points in multiple ways. The Bobcats can score through tempo, spacing, and three-point shooting, and they’ve shown they can close tight games when the final minutes get messy. That matters on the road in a short-spread game because you don’t need “perfect,” you need “stable.” The risk is that if Quinnipiac gets loose with the ball, Monmouth’s activity level can flip the game quickly through runouts and quick bursts.
Monmouth’s path is to make the game uncomfortable. The Hawks want to pressure the ball, create steals, and keep Quinnipiac from setting its offense cleanly. If Monmouth can win the “disruption battle” without fouling and can turn turnovers into points, they can negate Quinnipiac’s scoring edge. At home, that style tends to play up because energy and momentum swings are easier to sustain.
Breakdown Injury Reports
Quinnipiac
| Player | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| No injuries reported | — | — |
Monmouth
| Player | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| No injuries reported | — | — |
Quinnipiac Recent performance
Quinnipiac is coming off a close win over UMass Lowell where the top end delivered. Amarri Monroe’s double-double and Asim Jones’ efficient scoring show why this team has been reliable offensively. Quinnipiac’s season profile also fits road success: they score at a high clip, they shoot well from three, and they’ve already shown they can win away from home.
The key for Quinnipiac in this matchup is shot quality. If the Bobcats get into early offense and take clean threes in rhythm, they can put Monmouth into catch-up mode quickly. If they let Monmouth’s pressure force rushed looks and live-ball turnovers, the game becomes the kind of coin flip that favors the home team late.
Monmouth Recent performance
Monmouth is coming off a loss at Fairfield, but their home form has been the bigger story. The Hawks have been solid in their own building, and their defensive activity gives them a way to compete even when the offense isn’t humming. Jack Collins’ playmaking is important because it gives Monmouth a way to generate quality shots rather than relying on isolation possessions against a team that can score in bunches.
Monmouth’s best-case outcome is to make Quinnipiac work for everything: force them into longer possessions, get hands on the ball, and create enough transition chances to keep the game from turning into a half-court shootout where Quinnipiac’s shooting can take over.
Betting Insights and Trends
This is one of those games where the spread and the moneyline both make sense depending on your read. If you believe Quinnipiac’s offense travels cleanly and they protect the ball, laying -1.5 is logical because you’re essentially backing them to win by one clean possession. If you think Monmouth’s pressure and home-court energy will create turnovers and swings, the home moneyline becomes the stronger angle.
The total at 148.5 depends on whether Monmouth can dictate tempo through disruption. If Quinnipiac gets comfortable and plays fast, the over is live. If Monmouth turns it into a choppy game with longer half-court stretches and fewer clean looks, the total can land lower than expected even if both teams have decent scoring talent.
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Best bet and Prediction
Best bet: Quinnipiac -1.5.
This is the best bet because Quinnipiac has the more reliable scoring baseline and multiple creators who can close a tight game. Monmouth’s home form is real, but the Bobcats’ combination of pace and shooting gives them the cleaner “late-game scoring” path in a one-possession spread.
Prediction: Quinnipiac 80, Monmouth 73.
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Handicapper section
Treat this like a final-four-minutes game. If you’re backing Quinnipiac, your script is “protect the ball, get clean threes, win late with shot-making.” If you’re backing Monmouth, your script is “pressure, steals, transition points, and a home-court finish.” Don’t mix scripts—pair the side with the total only if both plays assume the same tempo and turnover environment.
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