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Mississippi State vs Richmond 11/27/2021 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

Richmond Spiders (3-3) vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-1)
November 27, 2021 12:30 pm EDT
The Line: Mississippi State Bulldogs -1.5 / Richmond Spiders +1.5 ; Over/Under: -140.5
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The Richmond Spiders and the Mississippi State Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Baha Mar convention Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Richmond Spiders will be out to bounce back from a 86-80 loss to Maryland in their last matchup. Tyler Burton leads the Spiders in scoring and rebounding with 18.3 PPG and 7 RPG while Grant Golden has 17.7 PPG and 6.2 RPG and Jacob Gilyard’s got 11.5 PPG and 3.3 RPG with a team-high 5.5 APG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Richmond up to this point in the season. As a team, Richmond is averaging 78.2 PPG on 47.8% shooting from the field, 40% from three and 60.2% from the foul line while allowing 75 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field and 39.3% from three this season.

The Mississippi State Bulldogs will be out to bounce back from a 72-58 loss to Louisville last time out. Iverson Molinar leads the Bulldogs in scoring and assists with 16 PPG and 4.6 APG while Shakeel Moore has 12.8 PPG and Garrison Brooks has 10.8 PPG and 6.6 RPG. Tolu Smith has 10 PPG and 7 RPG and D.J. Jeffries has 9.8 PPG and 4.8 RPG this season. As a team, Mississippi State is averaging 72.4 PPG on 48.1% shooting from the field, 38.8% from three and 65.4% from the foul line while allowing 56 PPG on 35.6% shooting from the field and 31.1% from three this season.

Richmond is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage over .600 and 10-3 ATS in their last 13 games following an ATS loss while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Mississippi State is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 neutral site games and 44-20-1 ATS in their last 65 games following a loss while the over is 11-5 in their last 16 neutral site games.

This is an interesting matchup as both are teams that let me down on Thursday, but both are also deep and talented rosters that could make a serious impact in March. With that said, as much as I love Richmond, the win one lose one thing is kind of getting old fast and the pattern is also that the Spiders fall flat against the better teams in their schedule. I’ll side with the Bulldogs in this spot.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Mississippi State -1.5

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