Though Merrimack has demonstrated the most consistency in the Metro-Atlantic, Saint Peter's has come close, and the better efforts from Bashir Mason's no-nonsense Peacocks have been Jersey City-tough. Allowing just 67.9 ppg, SP can always resort to grinding defense, but can rely on points from steady senior G Brent Bland 14.4 ppg), who has scored as many as 27 in a game (vs. Fairleigh-Dickinson) this season. The Peacocks have also shown they can win on the road in this league, as they did last Thursday at Manhattan, while streaky Sacred Heart has slipped back again after a recent five-game surge. Now it's three losses on the spin (after an earlier six-game slump), and over-reliance perhaps on top scorer G Anquan Hill (17.7 ppg). Play SP.