Hofstra vs Towson Odds and Picks (Jan. 16)

• Hofstra and Towson meet in a Colonial Athletic Association game on Monday, January 16
• Towson is a 1.5-point home favorite over the Pride at the SECU Arena
• Read below for Hofstra vs Towson odds and prediction

Towson (11-7, 3-2  Colonial) is a 1.5-point home favorite over Hofstra in a CAA game at noon ET on Monday at the SECU Arena on NBC Sports Washington. The Tigers have won three of the last four following a five-game losing streak.

Hofstra (12-7, 5-1 Colonial) has won four in a row and six of seven after a four-game losing streak. The Pride’s only loss in that stretch was an 81-79 home upset to Colonial newcomer North Carolina A&T on New Year’s Eve.

Hofstra vs Towson Odds

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Towson is a 1.5-point home favorite over Hofstra in a series that has taken a turn in recent years. The Tigers posted double-digit victories while covering both meetings as a small favorite last season after losing seven of the previous eight in the series.  Towson is 5-2 ATS in the last seven in the series. The Tigers’ home victory last season broke a streak of five straight Hofstra covers in suburban Baltimore.

Hofstra is 10-8 ATS this season, 6-3 ATS on the road. Towson is 9-9 ATS, 3-3 ATS at home. The total has gone over in seven of the last series meetings.

Towson On the Road Back

Backcourt issues have turned this into a season of streaks for Towson, which won 25 games and tied for first in the CAA regular-season a year ago and was the overwhelming favorite to win the league title in a preseason poll of league coaches. Guard Jason Gibson has not played since the third game of the season because of a back injury, and second-leading scorer Cam Holden was suspended for three games for violating team rules before returning the last time out, getting seven points and five assists off the bench in a 68-48 home victory over Monmouth on Saturday.

Steal and slam the Cam Holden version
Tigers leading 34-18 late in the 1st#GohTigers | #UnitedWeRoar pic.twitter.com/qkGPiVuDUj

— Towson Men's Basketball (@Towson_MBB) January 14, 2023

Senior returnees guard 6’4 Nicolas Timberlake (15.7 points, 4.0 rebounds) and forward 6’7 Charles Thompson (12.3 points, 7.7 rebounds) join Holden (14.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists) as double-figure scorers. All three were named to the coaches’ preseason all-CAA team. Sophomore guard Ryan Conway, a redshirt at Seton Hall last year, had career highs with 17 points and five threes against Monmouth.  He is starting in Gibson’s absence.

Towson has not shot well (43.5 percent) but plays a physical game and rebounds well. The Tigers’ plus-4.8 rebound margin is in the top 25 percent of teams in Division I. Thompson has four double-doubles this season,

Hofstra Off to a Fast Start

The Pride are paced by fifth-year senior guard Aaron Estrada, the 2022 CAA Player of the Year and the coaches’ choice to repeat in the preseason poll. Estrada, a 6’4 guard who played his first season at Saint Peter’s and another at Oregon, led the league in scoring at 18.5 points per game a year ago. He has upped his contribution to 20.3 points this season while shooting 52.5 percent from the floor and chipping in everywhere  Estrada had 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and four steals in an 86-62 victory over Delaware on Saturday. He is averaging 5.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists, both second on the Pride.

#CollegeHoops Aaron Estrada (01) showed the total package on the win at W&M: a season-high 7ast and his usual scoring prowess w/ 20pts

The Hofstra 6'4 lefty combo is a silky+smooth on-ball shotmaker going places as facilitator w/ The Pride #RoarWithPride #CAAHoops #MidMajorBliss pic.twitter.com/ibKL7hkUCC

— MaceoBaller (@MaceoBaller16) January 10, 2023

Guard 6’6 Darlington Dubar (11.1 points, 5.3 rebounds per game) is the only other starter back from 2022, but Sacred Heart transfer guard 6’3 Tyler Thomas (14.1 points) had added another threat from distance, where the Pride likes to operate. Thomas, who averaged 16.4 points per game in the Northeast Conference last season. has 47 three-pointers and Estrada has 33. The Pride is averaging 8.6 made threes per game and is shooting 47.6 from the field, 37.0 from distance.

Manhattan transfer reserve 6’9 Warren Williams (8.9 points, 5.1 rebounds) adds bulk inside for a team that has a minus-3.7 rebound margin, 316th in Division I.

Hofstra vs Towson Prediction

Towson won and covered both meetings of these CAA contenders a year ago and is equipped to do it again now that Holden is back from suspension. The Tigers had a rebounding advantage in both games last season, and there is no reason to believe things have changed much since. Take the home team, the team that was the preseason pick to win the league.

• Pick: Towson -1.5 (-110)
• Season CBK: 19-11 ATS