Rhode Island Rams vs St Bonaventure Bonnies Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 02/22/2022

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Venue:  Reilly Center, Saint Bonaventure, NY

Where to Watch:  CBS Sports

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Rhode Island +8.5, St Bonaventure -8.5; Over/Under:  133 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Rhode Island +8.5, St Bonaventure -8.5; Over/Under:  133.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Rhode Island +8.5, St Bonaventure -8.5; Over/Under:  133.5 points

 

Rhode Island Rams:  13-12 (11th place, A10)

St Bonaventure Bonnies:  17-7 (4th place, A10)

 

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Rhode Island Rams:  1-4 last 5

St Bonaventure Bonnies:  5-0 last 5

 

 

 

URI is coming into this game with a 13-12 record overall and they are 3-7 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. This will be their 14th conference matchup of the year and they are currently 4-9 in their conference games this season. They have lost 8 of their last 9 games and are coming into this one on a 2 game losing streak. Their last win was against the Davidson Wildcats while their 2 losses since then came against the Dayton Flyers and the George Washington Colonials in their last game. Makhel Mitchell led the team in points in that game with 15 while Makhi Mitchell was next on the team with 13 points. Jeremy Sheppard led the team in assists in that game with 6 while Makhi Mitchell led the team in rebounds with 10. They are 46% from the field, 34.8% from 3-point range, and 64.1% from the free throw line with their shooting this season. Their offense is averaging 67.4 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 63.9 PPG against them. URI has an ATS record of 12-12 this season and their O/U record is 9-15.

 

 

St. Bonaventure is coming into this game with a 17-7 record overall and they are 11-2 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. This will be the 14th conference matchup on their schedule this year and they are currently 9-4 in their conference games this season. Their last loss was against the Richmond Spiders but they have gone on a 5 game winning streak since then with wins coming against the Fordham Rams, the Saint Louis Billikens twice, the UMass Minutemen, and the Duquesne Dukes in their last game. Jalen Adaway led the team in points in that game with 21 while Osun Osunniyi was next on the team with 18 points. Kyle Lofton led the team in assists in that game with 6 while Osunniyi led the team in rebounds with 10. They are 45.8% from the field, 33.2% from 3-point range, and 76.3% from the free throw line with their shots this season. Their offense is averaging 72 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 67.5 PPG against them. St. Bonaventure has an ATS record of 10-13-1 this season and their O/U record is 13-11.

 

Rhode Island has not been playing well in their recent games as they only have 1 win in their last 9 games. They have not been having a good season as they are 4-9 against conference opponents and they are 3-7 on the road this season while coming off of a loss on the road in their last game by double digits. St. Bonaventure has been having a much better season as they are 9-4 against conference opponents and they have been a solid 11-2 at home as well. They have been playing much better than Rhode Island has been recently and are coming into this one winning 5 straight games. They have won 4 games at home in that span and 3 of those games were won by double digits. St. Bonaventure is a much better team and they should have no problem pulling away in this game here at home and winning it by double digits.

 

Rhode Island St Bonaventure Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Tuesday, February 22, 2022 (7:00 pm ET start time) is St Bonaventure 76 Rhode Island 64.

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Rhode Island Rams: 20-28 ATS against conference opponents. 5-11 ATS after playing a game as a road favorite. 15-9 UNDER in all games. 

St Bonaventure Bonnies: 30-23 ATS as a favorite. 29-19 ATS against conference opponents. 14-5 UNDER off a home win by 10 points or more.

 

 

Rhode Island Rams:  A. Samb (F) out for season - Redshirt. A. Betrand (G) out for season - Knee injury.

St Bonaventure Bonnies:  L. Brown (G) out for season - Illness. A. Mellouk (F) Out indefinitely - Undisclosed injury.

 

 

“We wanted to build on the momentum with another win. There are no moral victories, but we played a good game tonight. We’re playing some pretty good ball as of late. That’s a really good team, obviously. We’ll take the good with the bad here. I thought we competed. We shared the ball. I thought our defensive game plan was excellent. There were a couple of lapses, and when you play a team like that, you can’t have those lapses.” - David Cox after his team’s loss against Dayton.

 

 

“We’ve got a mature team and they understand we’re coming to the end and we gotta be playing our best basketball at this time, and there’s a sense of urgency. And guys are stepping up. We’re playing better as the season has gone along and we couldn’t have played better today.” - Mark Schmidt on his team this season.

 

 

 

I. El-Amin 

I. Leggett 

M. Mitchell 

M. Mitchell 

J. Sheppard

 

Jalen Adaway 

Jaren Holmes 

K. Lofton 

O. Osunniyi 

D. Welch

 

 

PPG: M. Mitchell (11.2)

APG: J. Sheppard (3.2)

Reb/G: M. Mitchell (7.5)

 

PPG: J. Adaway (15.7)

APG: K. Lofton (6.1)

RPG: O. Osunniyi (7.5)

 

Coaches:

Rhode Island Rams: David Cox (4th season)

St Bonaventure Bonnies: Mark Schmidt (15th season)