College of Charleston vs Rhode Island 12/19/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Rhode Island Rams (8-3) vs. College of Charleston Cougars (7-4)
December 19, 2021 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: College of Charleston Cougars +6.5 / Rhode Island Rams -6.5; Over/Under: +146
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The Charleston Cougars and the Rhode Island Rams meet in college basketball action from the St. Elizabeth’s East Entertainment & Sports Arena on Sunday afternoon.
The Charleston Cougars come into this game on the heels of a 67-59 loss to Stetson in their last game. John Meeks leads the Cougars in scoring with 14.1 PPG along with 5 RPG while Reyne Smith has 13.6 PPG and Brenden Tucker has 11.7 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Charleston so far this season. Dimitrius Underwood has 9.5 PPG with team-highs of 6.8 RPG and 3.4 APG to lead the Cougars in rebounding and assists as well this season. As a team, Charleston is averaging 80 PPG on 41% shooting from the field, 34.8% from three and 74.8% from the foul line while allowing 78.4 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three this season.
The Rhode Island Rams will try to build on an 82-58 win over Milwaukee in their last game. Jeremy Sheppard leads the Rams in scoring and assists with 11.8 PPG and 2.9 APG while Makhel Mitchell has 11.1 PPG with 5.3 RPG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for URI so far this season. Makhi Mitchell also has 9.7 PPG with a team-high 6.8 RPG to lead the Rams on the glass as well this season. As a team, Rhode Island is averaging 71.2 PPG on 49.5% shooting from the field, 36.8% from three and 71.6% from the foul line while allowing 62.4 PPG on 36.5% shooting from the field and 31.3% from three this season.
Charleston is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Rhode Island is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record and 13-29 ATS in their last 42 Sunday games while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 neutral site games.
I get the case that could be made for the Rams here as they’ve been a solid team to back this season and they’ve appeared to move past the departure of Fatts Russell. However, this is a lot of points to be given up to a battle-tested Charleston team. I think this is a four-point game at best whichever way you slice it, so give me the Cougars and the points here.
