Rider Broncs vs Providence Friars Prediction, 11/8/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Rider Broncs vs Providence Friars

Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Location: Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, RI

TV: FS1

The Providence Friars (27-6 last year) will try to defeat the Rider Broncs (14-19 last season) at Amica Mutual Pavilion on Tuesday.

The Rider Broncs faced Monmouth and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 72-68 in their last contest of last season. Regarding fouls, the Broncs ended up finishing with 18 and Monmouth finished the game with 13 fouls. They also knocked down 10 out of their 20 attempts from beyond the arc. Monmouth finished the game shooting 78.3% when shooting free throws by converting 18 of their 23 attempts. Moreover, Monmouth totaled 26 rebounds (6 offensive, 20 defensive), but didn't have a block. Monmouth doled out 14 assists and had 8 steals for this contest. With regard to defending, Rider allowed the other team to go 44.0% from the floor on 22 of 50 shooting. They also dished out 13 assists for the matchup while forcing 6 turnovers and getting 3 steals. In terms of grabbing boards, they earned 24 with 3 of them being on the offensive end. When they shot from the free throw line, the Broncs made 6 of 8 tries for a rate of 75.0%. Rider wrapped up the game having earned a 51.9% FG percentage (27 of 52) and made 8 of their 17 3-point attempts.

Allen Powell is one guy who was a contributor for this contest. He left the arena with 19 points on 7 out of 11 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes played and also totaled 1 rebound. He finished 63.6% from the floor and also distributed 1 assist.

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Rider enters this game after finishing with a mark of 14-19 last year. They had an average of 67.8 pts per game (263rd in Division 1) while hitting 41.4% from the field. The Broncs connected on 32.2% on shots from beyond the arc (184 of 572) and 73.6% from the charity stripe. As a team, Rider collected 37.1 boards per contest and accounted for 420 dimes throughout last season, which had them ranked 163rd in college basketball in terms of passing the rock. They turned it over 11.8 times per game and as a team committed 17.1 personal fouls per game.

On the defensive end of the court, the Broncs forced 12.8 turnovers every game and they drew 16.3 personal fouls. They gave up 34.2% on shots from distance while they were 185th in college basketball in opponents points per game (69.3). The Broncs defense gave up a FG percentage of 41.6% (783 of 1,884) and they conceded 36.4 boards per game as a unit. They were 246th in the nation in allowing assists to their opponents with 430 surrendered over the course of last season.

The last time they took the court last year, the Providence Friars took a loss by a score of 66-61 against Kansas. The Friars were able to pull down 23 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 32 for the matchup. They also gave up possession 7 times, while getting 4 steals for this contest. Kansas had 15 personal fouls for this contest which got the Friars to the free throw line for a total of 16 attempts. They were able to convert 11 of the free throws for a percentage of 68.8%. When discussing 3-point shots, Providence made 4 out of their 23 attempts (17.4%). In all, the Friars ended up shooting 23 for 68 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 33.8%. The Friars allowed Kansas to convert 22 out of their 56 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 39.3% for the matchup. They finished the game shooting 13.3% from three-point range by shooting 2 of 15 and ended up shooting 20 out of 28 from the charity stripe (71.4%). In relation to rebounding, Providence permitted Kansas to pull down 36 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Aljami Durham ended up having an impact for the Friars for this contest. He made 8 out of 18 in this game for a field goal percentage of 44.4%, and had 7 rebounds. He accumulated 21 points in his 39 mins on the court and accumulated 4 assists for this game.

Providence had a win-loss mark of 27-6 last year. The Friars were responsible for committing 16.0 fouls per contest while shooting 72.8% from the free throw line. They earned an assist 13.2 times per contest (161st in the country) and they coughed up possession 11.4 times per contest. Providence scored 2,360 points last season (71.5 per game) and they grabbed 37.6 rebounds per game. As an offensive team, the Friars connected on 43.5% from the floor, which was ranked 211th in college hoops.

The Friars were ranked 85th in Division 1 in points per game surrendered with 66.2. They forced 10.5 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 40.9% from the floor (49th in the nation). The Providence defense conceded 30.0% on three-point shots (212 of 707) and their opponents connected on 69.6% of their free throw attempts. They allowed 11.2 assists and 34.4 total boards per game, which was ranked 62nd and 166th in the nation.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Rider

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