Davidson Wildcats vs Richmond Spiders Prediction, 1/14/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Davidson Wildcats vs Richmond Spiders

Date: Friday, January 14, 2022

Location: Robins Center in Richmond, VA

TV: ESPNU

The Davidson Wildcats (13-2) are traveling to Robins Center on Friday where they will go up against the Richmond Spiders (10-6).

The Davidson Wildcats faced UMass and notched a win by a score of 77-67 in their last contest. When talking about fouls, the Wildcats walked away with 7 while UMass racked up 17 fouls. They also made 14 out of their 33 tries from beyond the arc. UMass finished shooting 100.0% at the charity stripe by converting 5 of their 5 attempts. Moreover, UMass snagged 35 boards (5 offensive, 30 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. UMass earned 14 assists and had 1 steal in the matchup. Regarding the defense, Davidson let their opponent shoot 38.7% from the field on 24 of 62 shooting. They also recorded 15 dimes in this contest as well as forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and having 5 steals. In regard to getting rebounds, they collected 32 with 5 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Wildcats buried 6 of their 12 shots for a rate of 50.0%. Davidson ended the contest with a 48.4% FG percentage (30 of 62) and buried 11 out of their 26 shots from beyond the arc.

Luka Brajkovic is one player who was a factor for the matchup. He ended up going 84.6% from the field but had no assists at the end of the game. He was on the hardwood for 31 mins played and also snagged 11 rebounds. He scored 25 points on 11 out of 13 shooting.

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Davidson will enter this game with a record of 13-2 for the season. They turn it over 9.5 times per game and as a team are committing 14.7 fouls per game. As a unit, Davidson is grabbing 33.7 boards per contest and is sitting with 247 dimes for the year, which is 46th in college basketball in terms of passing the ball. The Wildcats are hitting 41.5% on three-point attempts (148 of 357) and 75.8% from the free throw line. They are averaging 78.2 points per contest (52nd in the nation) while hitting 49.9% from the field.

Defensively, the Wildcats are forcing 12.6 turnovers per contest while drawing 15.6 fouls. They are 171st in college basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 181 relinquished so far this season. The Wildcats defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 42.0% (349 of 831) and they concede 31.3 rebounds per contest as a group. They are surrendering 34.5% on 3-pointers and they rank 107th in college basketball in points per game allowed (65.7).

When they last stepped on the court, the Richmond Spiders got the victory with a final of 80-72 when they played UMass. The Spiders were able to pull down 25 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards for a total of 31 for the game. They gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while getting 11 steals for this contest. UMass was called for 14 fouls in this game which got the Spiders to the charity stripe for 15 attempts. They were able to make 10 of them for a clip of 66.7%. In the matter of shooting from 3-point land, Richmond buried 8 of 22 attempts (36.4%). When all was said and done, the Spiders went 31 out of 58 from the field which gave them a percentage of 53.4%. The Spiders allowed UMass to convert 27 out of 61 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 44.3% for the contest. They finished the game shooting 55.0% from three-point range by connecting on 11 out of 20 and walked away from this one shooting 7 out of 10 at the charity stripe (70.0%). In regard to how they attacked the glass, Richmond allowed UMass to snag 29 in all (9 offensive).

Jacob Gilyard ended up being a factor for the Spiders in this game. He made 5 of 12 in the game giving him a field goal percentage of 41.7%, and accumulated 3 rebounds. He had 17 points in his 35 mins of playing time and accounted for 10 assists for this contest.

Richmond has a record of 10-6 on the year. As an offense, the Spiders are hitting on 45.3% from the field, which has them ranked 137th in the country. Richmond has scored 1,181 pts this year (73.8 per game) and they grab 33.1 rebounds per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 16.8 times per game (25th in college hoops) and they are giving up possession 9.8 times per game. The Spiders are responsible for committing 14.0 fouls per contest while shooting 68.6% from the charity stripe.

The Richmond defense surrenders 35.1% on shots from behind the 3-point line (119 of 339) and opponents are knocking down 69.4% of their free throw shots. They have relinquished 12.0 dimes and 36.4 total boards per game, which ranks them 135th and 263rd in college hoops. The Spiders defensively are ranked 238th in college basketball in points allowed per contest with 70.8. They are forcing their opponents into 12.6 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 44.4% from the field (268th in college hoops).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Richmond

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