Siena Saints vs Rider Broncs Prediction, 3/11/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Siena Saints vs Rider Broncs

Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Location: Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ

TV: ESPN+

The Rider Broncs (12-18) will try to beat the Siena Saints (14-16) at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on Tuesday.

The Siena Saints faced Fairfield and earned the victory with a final of 68-64 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Saints ended up walking away with 12 while Fairfield accumulated 22 personal fouls. They also converted 3 of 14 shots from beyond the arc. Fairfield walked away from this one shooting 81.8% at the free throw line by burying 9 of 11 tries. Additionally, Fairfield pulled down 22 boards (2 offensive, 20 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Fairfield recorded 6 dimes and had 7 steals in the game. When it comes to the defense, Siena let their opponent shoot 50.0% from the field on 26 out of 52 shooting. They also recorded 10 dimes for this game while forcing 10 turnovers and having 7 steals. In terms of grabbing rebounds, they earned 33 with 13 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Saints converted 18 of 23 attempts for a percentage of 78.3%. Siena finished the game having earned a 40.4% field goal percentage (23 of 57) and knocked down 4 out of their 18 3-point shots.

Justice Shoats is one guy who came through for this contest. He left the arena with 23 points on 8 out of 20 shooting. He saw the court for 40 minutes played and totaled 5 rebounds. He shot 40.0% from the floor and earned 5 assists.

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Siena will play this game with a win-loss record of 14-16 so far this season. They turn it over 12.1 times per game and as a team are committing 16.3 personal fouls per game. As a unit, Siena is pulling in 32.1 rebounds per contest and has accumulated 351 assists on the season, which ranks 324th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Saints are shooting 33.3% on shots beyond the perimeter (228 of 684) and 74.5% from the charity stripe. They average 72.3 pts per game (230th in college) while hitting 43.0% from the field.

Defensively, the Saints are forcing their opponents into 12.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.9 personal fouls. They surrender 34.1% on 3-pointers while they are 174th in college hoops in points per game allowed (71.7). The Saints defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 45.9% (777 of 1,693) and they relinquish 33.5 rebounds per game as a squad. They are currently ranked 142nd in the country in giving up assists with 386 relinquished on the year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Rider Broncs took home the win by a final score of 78-50 against Canisius. The Broncs were able to snag 27 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards for a total of 36 for the game. They also turned it over 6 times, while getting 8 steals for the game. Canisius had 15 fouls in this game which took the Broncs to the charity stripe for 12 tries. They were able to make 8 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 66.7%. Regarding 3-point shots, Rider made 8 out of their 27 attempts (29.6%). Overall, the Broncs went 31 for 64 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.4%. The Broncs allowed Canisius to make 18 of their 51 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 35.3% in the matchup. They finished 27.3% from three-point range by shooting 6 of 22 and walked away from this one shooting 8 out of 10 at the free throw line (80.0%). In relation to rebounds, Rider allowed Canisius to pull down 27 overall (5 on the offensive side).

Zion Cruz was important for the Broncs for this game. He made 5 out of 10 for the matchup for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and accounted for 2 rebounds. He totaled 12 points in his 23 minutes on the court and accumulated 4 dimes for the game.

Rider has a record of 12-18 on the campaign. The Broncs are committing 14.3 personal fouls per game and they shoot 71.5% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 12.4 times per game (276th in the country) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 11.6 times per contest. Rider has accounted for 1,992 pts for the season (66.4 per game) and they average 34.4 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Broncs are connecting on 42.5% from the floor, which has them ranked 305th in college.

The Broncs on defense are ranked 163rd in Division 1 in points allowed per contest with 71.3. They are able to force 10.7 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 45.6% from the field (285th in college hoops). The Rider defense allows 35.6% on 3-pointers (253 of 711) and their opponents are making 68.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 14.4 dimes and 34.1 boards on a nightly basis, which is ranked 281st and 175th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Siena

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