Richmond Spiders vs St Bonaventure Bonnies Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 03/04/2022

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Friday, March 4, 2022

Venue:  Reilly Center, Saint Bonaventure, NY

Where to Watch:  ESPN2

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Richmond +3, St Bonaventure -3; Over/Under:  137.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Richmond +3.5, St Bonaventure -3.5; Over/Under:  137.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Richmond +3.5, St Bonaventure -3.5; Over/Under:  137.5 points

 

Richmond Spiders:  19-11 (6th place, A10)

St Bonaventure Bonnies:  19-8 (4th place, A10)

 

Do not miss out on our expert handicapper analysis! Will Rogers has made +$41,673 ALL PLAYS SINCE DEC 1! Make sure you check out his picks and many more from the expert handicappers featured in the Shop Picks section.

 

Richmond Spiders:  3-2 last 5

St Bonaventure Bonnies:  4-1 last 5

 

 

 

Richmond is coming into this game with a 19-11 record overall and they are 7-4 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. This will be their last conference matchup of the year and they are currently 10-7 in their conference games this season. They have won 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 2 game winning streak that they were on. Their 2 wins in that span were against the George Washington Colonials and the Saint Louis Billikens while their loss came against the Dayton Flyers in their last game. Grant Golden led the team in points in that game with 15 while Jacob Gilyard was next on the team with 12 points. Gilyard led the team in assists in that game with 3 while Golden led the team in rebounds with 10. They are 44.7% from the field, 34% from 3-point range, and 72% from the free throw line with their shooting this season. Their offense is averaging 72.5 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 69 PPG against them. Richmond has an ATS record of 13-16-1 this season and their O/U record is 13-17.

 

 

St. Bonaventure is coming into this game with a 19-8 record overall and they are 12-2 in their neutral site games this season where they will be in this game. This will be their last conference matchup of the year and they are currently 11-5 in their conference games this season. They have won 7 of their last 8 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 7 game winning streak that they were on. Their 7 wins in that span were against the Fordham Rams, the Saint Louis Billikens twice, the UMass Minutemen, the Duquesne Dukes, the Rhode Island Rams, and the Saint Joseph's Hawks while their loss came against the VCU Rams in their last game. Jalen Adaway led the team in points in that game with 12 while Jaren English and Dominick Welch were both next on the team with 10 points each. Kyle Lofton led the team in assists in that game with 5 while Adaway and Welch both led the team in rebounds with 7 each. They are 45% from the field, 32.1% from 3-point range, and 75.6% from the free throw line with their shots this season. Their offense is averaging 70.6 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 66.7 PPG against them. St. Bonaventure has an ATS record of 11-15-1 this season and their O/U record is 13-14.

 

Richmond is coming into this game gaining some steam in their recent games with 2 wins in their last 3 games but they are coming off of a loss in their last game. That loss was at home for them but they still played well in that game and kept it close as they lost by 2 points. They are on the road for this game but they have played well on the road this season as they are 7-4 in those games. They are going up against a St. Bonaventure side that has been very good at home this season though with a 12-2 record there and they have also been playing well in their recent games. The Bonnies have won 7 of their last 8 games and have been heating up a lot in those games but they lost a little steam in their last game when they lost by double digits. That game was on the road though and they have played much better at home this season. St. Bonaventure has also been the better team this season and they have been a lot more consistent in their games. The Bonnies lost by 10 points in the reverse matchup earlier this season and they will surely be looking for their revenge here back at home in their last game of the regular season. St. Bonaventure should get the win at home here but Richmond has still been playing well recently and will only lose this game by single digits.

 

Richmond St Bonaventure Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Friday, March 4, 2022 (7:00 pm ET start time) is St Bonaventure 76 Richmond 69.

Don't miss our champion handicappers free picks and expert basketball picks today.  And if you enjoyed this Richmond Spiders St Bonaventure Bonnies prediction, be sure to drop by every day for our weekly NCAAB predictions and previews.

 

 

Richmond Spiders: 2-8 ATS when the total is 130 to 139.5. 28-19 UNDER against conference opponents. 18-10 UNDER after playing 3 consecutive games as favorite.

St Bonaventure Bonnies: 19-14 ATS as a home favorite or pick. 21-15 ATS in all home games. 21-15 UNDER after 1 or more consecutive unders.

 

 

Richmond Spiders:  None.

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

 

 

“I think the biggest talk was that it was embarrassing. I think it was embarrassing on campus. It was embarrassing around the city of Richmond.” - Jacob Gilyard on how they have been playing in their recent games.

 

 

“I thought our effort was decent, we just couldn’t hit the roll guy. We missed a lot of layups and in a game like this, you gotta get off to a good start. We had a lot of opportunities early that we didn’t cash in on. Even in the second half, we’d made the run to cut it to 13 and we had two opportunities to cut it to single digits, and we didn’t do that.” - Mark Schmidt after his team’s loss against VCU.

 

 

 

T. Burton 

N. Cayo 

J. Gilyard 

G. Golden 

I. Wilson

 

Jalen Adaway 

Jaren Holmes 

K. Lofton 

O. Osunniyi 

D. Welch

 

 

PPG: T. Burton (16.4)

APG: J. Gilyard (5.7)

Reb/G: T. Burton (7.4)

 

PPG: J. Adaway (15.8)

APG: K. Lofton (5.9)

RPG: O. Osunniyi (7.6)

 

Coaches:

Richmond Spiders: Chris Mooney (17th season)

St Bonaventure Bonnies: Mark Schmidt (15th season)