St. Bonaventure Bonnies vs Richmond Spiders Prediction, 2/4/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Bonaventure Bonnies vs Richmond Spiders

Date: Friday, February 4, 2022

Location: Robins Center in Richmond, VA

TV: ESPN2

Robins Center is the site where the Richmond Spiders (14-8) will go up against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies (12-6) on Friday.

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies faced Davidson and took a loss by a final of 81-76 in their last game. In reference to fouls, the Bonnies ended up finishing with 19 while Davidson accumulated 20 fouls. They also converted 12 of their 28 tries from beyond the perimeter. Davidson finished the contest at 72.4% when shooting free throws by knocking down 21 of their 29 attempts. In addition, Davidson grabbed 30 boards (9 offensive, 21 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Davidson recorded 18 assists and had 4 steals in this matchup. In reference to the defense, St. Bonaventure allowed the other team to go 47.1% from the field on 24 of 51 shooting. They also dished out 13 assists in this matchup while forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In relation to pulling down rebounds, they collected a total of 29 with 9 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Bonnies buried 19 of their 25 tries for a rate of 76.0%. St. Bonaventure ended with a 46.4% FG percentage (26 out of 56) and made 5 of 17 shots from downtown.

Kyle Lofton is one player who was a factor for the matchup. He went 46.7% from the field and also distributed 8 assists. He was on the hardwood for 40 mins and also collected 9 rebounds. He recorded 19 points on 7 out of 15 shooting.

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St. Bonaventure enters this one with a mark of 12-6 for the season. They cough up possession 10.9 times per contest and as a basketball team they commit 14.1 fouls per game. As a unit, St. Bonaventure is snagging 35.6 rebounds per contest and has totaled 234 assists on the campaign, which has them ranked 287th in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Bonnies are shooting 31.8% on three-point attempts (107 of 336) and 77.5% from the free throw line. They are averaging 70.9 pts per contest (193rd in the nation) while shooting 44.4% from the field.

On defense, the Bonnies have forced 11.6 turnovers per game and they draw 16.2 fouls. They are giving up 35.7% on three-point shots while they are 170th in D-1 in points per game allowed (68.4). The Bonnies defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 42.2% (444 of 1,051) and they concede 33.2 boards per game as a group. They currently rank 206th in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 266 conceded this year.

When they last played, the Richmond Spiders walked away with a victory by a final of 74-57 when they faced Duquesne. In regard to rebounding, Richmond allowed Duquesne to collect 32 in total (13 offensive). They finished shooting 19.0% from 3-point land by shooting 4 of 21 and ended up going 5 of 7 from the charity stripe (71.4%). The Spiders allowed Duquesne to make 24 of 61 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 39.3% for the game. When the final whistle was blown, the Spiders finished shooting 26 for 52 from the field which gave them a rate of 50.0%. In reference to shooting from beyond the arc, Richmond made 13 of their 24 attempts (54.2%). They were able to convert 9 of the free throws for a rate of 64.3%. Duquesne committed 13 personal fouls for the contest which got the Spiders to the free throw line for 14 attempts. They coughed it up 10 times, while recording 8 steals for this contest. The Spiders corralled 24 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards totaling 30 for this contest.

Jacob Gilyard pitched in for the Spiders in the matchup. He made 5 of 8 for the game for a rate of 62.5%, and accumulated 2 rebounds. He earned 17 points in his 35 mins on the court and had 3 assists for this contest.

Richmond has a mark of 14-8 on the year. As an offense, the Spiders are hitting on 44.8% from the field, which has them ranked 143rd in Division 1. Richmond has earned 1,618 pts for the year (73.5 per contest) and they pull down 32.9 boards per contest. They are assisting teammates 16.0 times per game (34th in the nation) and they lose possession via turnover 9.7 times per contest. The Spiders commit 13.7 fouls every game and they go 70.5% from the charity stripe.

The Richmond defense allows 35.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter (161 of 459) and their opponents are knocking down 70.9% of their foul shots. They have relinquished 13.2 dimes and 36.4 total rebounds per game, which is 227th and 280th in college basketball. The Spiders on the defensive side of the court are 201st in Division 1 in points per game surrendered with 69.5. They have forced 13.4 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.5% from the field (274th in college basketball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Bonaventure

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