Rhode Island vs Army 12/10/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Army Black Knights (5-5) vs. Rhode Island Rams (2-7)
December 10, 2022 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: Rhode Island Rams -7.5 / Army Black Knights +7.5; Over/Under: +138.5
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The Army Black Knights and the Rhode Island Rams meet in college basketball action from the Ryan Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Army Black Knights will look to build on a third straight win after a 63-62 win over NJIT last time out. Chris Mann leads the Black Knights in scoring with 15 PPG along with 5.1 RPG while Jalen Rucker has 14.2 PPG with 4.3 RPG and a team-high 3 APG to lead the Black Knights in the assist department and Coleton Benson has 13 PPG this season. Ethan Roberts has 11.7 PPG with 4.5 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Army up to this point in the year. Charlie Peterson also has 6.7 RPG of his own for Army this season. As a team, Army is averaging 78.8 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 72.3% from the foul line this season.
The Rhode Island Rams will try to snap a three-game losing skid after a 59-58 loss to Brown last time out. Ishmael Leggett leads the Rams in scoring and rebounding with 17.1 PPG and 5.6 RPG and Brayon Freeman has 12.9 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Rhode Island so far this season. Sebastian Thomas also has a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Rams in assists up to this point in the year. As a team, Rhode Island is averaging 63.6 PPG on 39.4% shooting from the field, 27% from three and 71% from the foul line this season.
Army is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 road games against a team with a home winning percentage below .400. Rhode Island is 6-18 ATS in their last 24 games overall and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 home games while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a loss.
I get the case to be made for Rhode Island here, but my problem is that the Rams don’t necessarily score enough to really feel confident consider laying this many points with them. Army has been playing the better ball as of late and I think getting this many points with them is an early Christmas gift. Give me Army and the points here.
