Rhode Island vs Boston College 11/21/2021 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds
Boston College Eagles (3-2) vs. Rhode Island Rams (3-1)
November 21, 2021 5:00 pm EDT
The Line: Rhode Island Rams -3 / Boston College Eagles +3; Over/Under: 129.5
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The Boston College Eagles and the Rhode Island Rams meet in college basketball action from the Ocean Centre on Sunday afternoon.
The Boston College Eagles will look to bounce back from a 68-61 loss at the hands of Utah last time out. T.J. Bickerstaff leads BC in scoring and rebounding with 14.3 PPG and 8.5 RPG while DeMarr Langford Jr. has 13.5 PPG with 5.3 RPG this season. Makai Ashton-Langford and Quinten Post each have 11 PPG with Ashton-Langford logging 4.5 RPG and a team-high 4 APG while Post has 5 RPG as well this season. Jaeden Zackary also has 9 PPG and 3.3 APG as well this season. As a team, Boston College is averaging 68 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 38.5% from three and 67.6% from the foul line while allowing 60.2 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field and 30.3% from three this season.
The Rhode Island Rams will hope to rebound from a 77-71 loss to Tulsa in their last game. Mekhi Mitchell and Ishmael Leggett each have 11.3 PPG with Miitchell logging 10.3 RPG to lead the Rams on the glass and average a double-double per game this season. Jeremy Sheppard has 10.3 PPG with 3.3 APG to lead URI in assists and Ishmael El-Amin has 10 PPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Rhode Island this season. Makhel Mitchell has 9.7 PPG and 5.7 RPG as well for the Rams in addition to 5 BPG this season. As a team, Rhode Island is averaging 70.5 PPG on 49% shooting from the field, 38% from three and 70.9% from the foul line while allowing 63 PPG on 33.9% shooting from the field and 29.9% from three this season.
Boston College is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games following an ATS win and 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss while the under is 6-2 in their last 8 neutral site games. Rhode Island is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss and 4-10 ATS in their last 14 Sunday games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 neutral site games.
I get the case that could be made both ways here, but we’ve already seen the Rams run the gambit against the Boston teams early on this season and between two evenly matched teams, I think that history could be the difference. It’s a lean, but I’ll give my nod to Rhode Island here.
