How to watch Mount St. Mary’s vs. Sacred Heart basketball game
Who’s Playing
Sacred Heart Pioneers @ Mt St Mary’s Mountaineers
Current Records: Sacred Heart 6-9, Mt St Mary’s 10-5
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 2 p.m. ET
- Where: Knott Arena — Emmitsburg, Maryland
- TV: ESPN Plus
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
What to Know
Sacred Heart has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They and the Mt St Mary’s Mountaineers will face off in a MAAC battle at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Knott Arena. The Pioneers are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 75.3 points per game this season.
On Friday, Sacred Heart was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 66-65 to Merrimack.
Even though they lost, Sacred Heart smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they’ve now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in five consecutive matchups.
Mt St Mary’s season wasn’t pretty last year but it’s starting to look like struggles are in the rearview. They came out on top against Manhattan by a score of 75-66 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mountaineers.
Sacred Heart’s defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Mt St Mary’s, they are on a roll lately: they’ve won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Sacred Heart has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 36.8 rebounds per game. However, it’s not like Mt St Mary’s struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 36.9. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we’ll see if one team can grab an edge.
Sacred Heart was able to grind out a solid victory over Mt St Mary’s in their previous matchup back in February of 2022, winning 77-65. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sacred Heart since the squad won’t have the home-court advantage this time around. We’ll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Series History
Mt St Mary’s and Sacred Heart both have 5 wins in their last 10 games.
- Feb 24, 2022 – Sacred Heart 77 vs. Mt St Mary’s 65
- Jan 21, 2022 – Mt St Mary’s 98 vs. Sacred Heart 59
- Jan 31, 2021 – Mt St Mary’s 76 vs. Sacred Heart 64
- Jan 30, 2021 – Sacred Heart 61 vs. Mt St Mary’s 58
- Mar 04, 2020 – Sacred Heart 61 vs. Mt St Mary’s 59
- Jan 30, 2020 – Sacred Heart 58 vs. Mt St Mary’s 53
- Feb 09, 2019 – Mt St Mary’s 76 vs. Sacred Heart 73
- Jan 31, 2019 – Sacred Heart 87 vs. Mt St Mary’s 79
- Feb 17, 2018 – Mt St Mary’s 74 vs. Sacred Heart 69
- Jan 11, 2018 – Mt St Mary’s 81 vs. Sacred Heart 75
