The Richmond Spiders and the George Mason Patriots meet in college basketball action from the EagleBank Arena on Wednesday night.
The Richmond Spiders will look to build on their three-game winning streak after a 62-59 win over George Mason last time out. Tyler Burton leads the Spiders in scoring and rebounding with 16.9 PPG and 7.2 RPG while Grant Golden has 14.6 PPG with 6.4 RPG and 3 APG. Jacob Gilyard has 12.7 PPG with a team-high 6 APG to lead the Spiders in assists and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Richmond up to this point in the year. As a team, Richmond is averaging 73 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field, 33.7% from three and 71.1% from the foul line while allowing 68.8 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field and 35.2% from three this season.
The George Mason Patriots will try to snap a three-game losing streak after their loss to Richmond in their last game. Josh Oduro leads the Patriots in scoring with 17.7 PPG along with 6.4 RPG while D’Shawn Schwartz has 15.5 PPG with 4.8 RPG as well. DeVon Cooper has 12.8 PPG with 2.2 APG and Davonte Gaines has 11.4 PPG with a team-high 8.7 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for GMU up to this point in the year as the Patriots’ top rebounder. Xavier Johnson also has a team-high 4.6 APG as well on the year. As a team, George Mason is averaging 72.2 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field, 37.7% from three and 68.6% from the foul line while allowing 67.8 PPG on 42% shooting from the field and 34.6% from three this season.
Richmond is 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 road games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record. George Mason is 9-3 ATS in their last 12 home games and 6-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.
I get the case to be made either way here as these home and home matchups can be kind of tricky. However, George Mason has been slumping during their three-game losing streak and they didn’t look all that great offensively against Richmond in the first meeting. Richmond’s been on fire, especially on the road, and I think they keep that run going with a win and sweep of the Patriots in this one.