Rhode Island Rams vs Dayton Flyers Prediction, 1/20/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Rhode Island Rams vs Dayton Flyers

Date: Saturday, January 20, 2024

Location: UD Arena in Dayton, OH

TV: ESPN+

UD Arena is where the Dayton Flyers (14-2) will go up against the Rhode Island Rams (9-8) on Saturday.

The Rhode Island Rams played St. Bonaventure and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 99-64 in their last game. When discussing fouls, the Rams ended up finishing with 16 while St. Bonaventure recorded 19 fouls. They also made 11 out of their 24 attempts from beyond the arc. St. Bonaventure ended up going 70.6% when shooting free throws by knocking down 12 of 17 shots. Additionally, St. Bonaventure snagged 25 rebounds (7 offensive, 18 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. St. Bonaventure doled out 22 dimes and had 9 steals in the game. In regard to defense, Rhode Island allowed 57.6% from the field on 38 out of 66 shooting. They also dished out 11 assists for the matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 4 turnovers and earning 3 steals. When it comes to pulling down boards, they earned 33 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Rams knocked down 14 of 22 shots for a rate of 63.6%. Rhode Island finished with a 40.7% FG percentage (22 of 54) and made 6 of 19 3-point shots.

Luis Kortright is a guy who was a major contributor in this matchup. He ended up shooting 36.4% from the floor and distributed 5 assists. He was on the court for 26 minutes played and grabbed 2 rebounds. He accounted for 13 points on 4 of 11 shooting.

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Rhode Island will play this game with a win-loss mark of 9-8 so far this year. They have an average of 73.9 points per outing (210th in Division 1) while going 47.2% from the field. The Rams are hitting 35.5% on shots from 3-point land (110 of 310) and 62.6% from the charity stripe. As a team, Rhode Island is pulling down 38.5 rebounds per contest and has tallied 230 assists so far this season, which is 196th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 13.3 times per game and as a group are committing 16.2 fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on defense, the Rams are forcing 9.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 18.5 fouls. They currently rank 239th in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 232 relinquished on the year. The Rams are allowing a field goal percentage of 43.9% (465 of 1,059) and they concede 33.5 boards per game as a unit. They are conceding 35.2% on three-point shots and they rank 259th in Division 1 in points per game from their opponents (74.3).

In their last game, the Dayton Flyers took home the win by a final score of 70-65 when they played Saint Louis. The Flyers were able to collect 29 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 40 in this matchup. They coughed it up 8 times, while getting 6 steals in this game. Saint Louis had 19 personal fouls in the game which took the Flyers to the free throw line for a total of 29 tries. They were able to knock down 16 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 55.2%. In relation to shots from 3-point land, Dayton converted 8 of 28 tries (28.6%). When this game wrapped up, the Flyers walked away from this one shooting 23 for 54 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.6%. The Flyers permitted Saint Louis to bury 27 of their 66 tries from the floor which had them at 40.9% for the game. They finished the game shooting 34.8% from distance via 8 of 23 and ended up going 3 of 7 from the free throw line (42.9%). When it comes to rebounds, Dayton permitted Saint Louis to snag 36 overall (10 on the offensive glass).

DaRon Holmes II pitched in for the Flyers in this contest. He buried 9 of 13 for the contest for a field goal rate of 69.2%, and accumulated 14 rebounds. He earned 29 points in his 33 minutes on the court and totaled 1 assist in this matchup.

Dayton has a win-loss mark of 14-2 on the year. As an offense, the Flyers are hitting on 47.3% from the field, which has them ranked 59th in D-1. Dayton has tallied 1,171 pts this year (73.2 per game) and they collect 33.7 boards per game. They are assisting teammates 14.9 times per contest (99th in the nation) and they turn it over 10.7 times per game. The Flyers have committed 12.9 fouls every game and they connect on 73.6% from the free throw line.

The Flyers defensively are ranked 31st in the nation in PPG surrendered with 64.6. They are able to force 10.4 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 41.0% from the field (70th in college basketball). The Dayton defense surrenders 32.2% on shots from 3-point land (112 of 348) and opponents are converting on 70.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have surrendered 12.5 assists and 33.3 rebounds every game, which ranks them 158th and 96th in the nation.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Dayton

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