Saint Louis vs Richmond College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/26/21
Saint Louis vs Richmond College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/26/21
2021-02-26 19:00:00 EDT
The Richmond Spiders and the Saint Louis Billikens meet in college basketball action from Chaifetz Arena on Friday night.
The Richmond Spiders will look to build on a win over UMass in their last matchup. Blake Francis leads the Spiders in scoring with 16.6 PPG while Grant Golden has 13.4 PPG with 6.4 RPG and 3.8 APG. Tyler Burton has 12.3 PPG with a team-high 7.5 RPG while Nathan Cayo has 12.2 PPG and Jacob Gilyard has 11.4 PPG with team-highs of 5.3 APG and 3.6 steals per game to make up the scoring in double figures for the Spiders this season. As a team, Richmond is averaging 76.2 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field, 35.4% from 3-point range and 73.5% from the foul line while allowing 68.8 PPG on 48.4% from the field and 31.4% from 3-point range on the year.
The Saint Louis Billikens will look to bounce back from a loss to VCU in their last matchup. Ja’Vonte Perkins leads the Billikens in scoring with 17.1 PPG and 3.8 RPG while Jordan Goodwin has 14.7 PPG to make up the duo of double-digit scorers for Saint Louis up to this point in the season while also leading the Billikens in rebounding with 10.5 RPG as well as in 3.6 APG as well this season. Gibson Jimerson has 9.6 PPG while Hasahn French has 8.4 PPG with 7.1 RPG and Turi Collins also has a team-high 6 APG as well on the year. As a team, Saint Louis is averaging 76.1 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 34.1% from 3-point range and 69.9% from the foul line while allowing 64.6 PPG on 40.8% shooting from the field and 33% from 3-point range this season.
Richmond is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a win. Saint Louis is 9-3 ATS in their last 12 home games and 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record. The road team is 4-0 ATS in t he last 5 eetings between these two teams.
The point with Richmond attempting considering that the spiders had been playing the better basketball over the last five games. However, while Saint Louis has stumbled here and there lately, the Billikens tend to play thei best at home and are just the far more reliable in their environment for this match, being at home compared to Richmond. I’ll lay the points with Saint Louis is in this spot.
