St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Fairleigh Dickinson odds, line: College basketball expert reveals picks for Thursday's contest

The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers attempt to continue their winning ways in the all-time series when they host the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights in a Northeast Conference matchup on Thursday afternoon. St. Francis (6-7, 0-1 NEC) has won five straight meetings with Fairleigh Dickinson (8-8, 1-0) after rolling to an 81-64 victory in February. The Terriers were trounced 74-52 by Central Connecticut on Saturday while the Knights rolled past Centenary 99-50 in their last outing.

Tip-off at the Activity Resource Center at Pratt Institute is set for 1 p.m. ET. The Terriers are 2-point favorites in the latest St. Francis vs. Fairleigh Dickinson odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 143. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page.)

Before making any Fairleigh Dickinson vs. St. Francis picks, you NEED to check out what college basketball expert Matt Severance has to say.

Severance is a well-connected writer and handicapper who has worked in the industry since 2005. Over the past two college basketball seasons, he is 391-286 (plus $2,714). Severance has been on a roll thus far during the 2022-23 college basketball season, going 77-59-1 in his last 137 picks. Anyone following him is WAY UP.

Severance knows St. Francis had a rough game against Central Connecticut as it shot only 28.8% from the field and was just 2-for-15 from 3-point range. Senior guard Rob Higgins leads the Terriers with an average of 11.4 points and has reached double figures in eight straight contests after scoring 11 versus the Blue Devils. Tedrick Wilcox Jr., also a senior guard, led St. Francis on Saturday with 12 points as he hit double digits for the first time in seven outings.

The expert also knows Fairleigh Dickinson is averaging nearly 78 points per game (77.9) and has eclipsed 80 on six occasions this season. The Knights drilled 14 3-pointers in their last contest, with four players making at least three shots from beyond the arc. Sophomore forward Ansley Almonor led the team with 19 points while freshman guard Trevon Blassingame, who is averaging 2.8 points, hit four 3-pointers as he poured in 14 points off the bench.

Now, Severance has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for St. Francis vs. Fairleigh Dickinson. We can tell you he's leaning Under on the total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any college basketball picks of your own.

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