The Saint Louis Billikens and the Richmond Spiders meet in college basketball action from the Robins Center on Tuesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Saint Louis is listed as a 1.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -125. The total for this game is set at 143.5 points.
Injuries
For St. Louis, Kellen Thames is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury while Fred Thatch Jr. is out for the season. For Richmond, Mike Walz and Jason Nelson are both questionable for this game and Connor Crabtree remains out with a finger injury.
Matchup History
Richmond’s 68-66 win back on February 25th, 2022, snapped Saint Louis’ four-game head-to-head win streak in this matchup.
Trends
Saint Louis is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 road games. Richmond is 1-9 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games following an ATS loss while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 Tuesday games.
Pick
I’m sticking with the Billikens here. I’m not rushing to the window to bet this thing, but I just feel like the Billikens are the better team here. Richmond’s done well at 11-3 at home, but the Billikens are one of the better built teams talent-wise in the A-10 and I think they get it done here. Give me Saint Louis.