Manhattan at Niagara

It will be a battle of wills in this one. Niagara is going to want to push the tempo while Manhattan is going to want to slow things down. Niagara is coming off of playing nine straight OVER games, before Fairfield played them in the 50-point range. Manhattan likes to play in the 60-point range and we have Niagara that plays to an average of 148-ppg. That is just a notch above the 146-points posted here. We don't expect to see this one get to the Niagara average, especially with Manhattan, a team playing much better and winning eight of their last 10 games. Manhattan is 10-4 to the UNDER as a road dog and their tempo keeps this one UNDER. That run includes being a perfect 5-0 on the road in conference play. Niagara has struggled, and Manhattan has won or played very tight at Niagara over the past five years, so we will also play Manhattan who is red-hot.