Saint Peter’s Peacocks (14-8, 11-3 MAAC) at Sacred Heart Pioneers (10-16, 6-9 MAAC)Fairfield, Connecticut; Friday, 7 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart plays Saint Peter’s after Anquan Hill scored 30 points in Sacred Heart’s 80-68 loss to the Manhattan Jaspers.The Pioneers are 5-5 in home games. Sacred Heart is 4-10 against opponents over .500.The Peacocks are 11-3 in conference play. Saint Peter’s averages 71.8 points while outscoring opponents by 3.9 points per game.Sacred Heart is shooting 43.7% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 42.2% Saint Peter’s allows to opponents. Saint Peter’s 40.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.7 percentage points lower than Sacred Heart has given up to its opponents (46.5%).The Pioneers and Peacocks match up Friday for the first time in MAAC play this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Hill is scoring 17.6 points per game with 6.3 rebounds and 1.0 assist for the Pioneers. Nyle Ralph-Beyer is averaging 14.5 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 44.1% over the last 10 games.Popular ReadsBrent Bland is averaging 14.4 points and 2.3 steals for the Peacocks. Zaakir Williamson is averaging 11.1 points over the last 10 games.LAST 10 GAMES: Pioneers: 5-5, averaging 77 …
