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17-14 Rhode Island Rams vs. VCU Rams 25-6
Date: Friday, March 15th, 2019
Time: 12:00 PM ET
Venue: Barklays Center in Brooklyn, New York
CBB Moneyline Odds: OFF
CBB Betting Odds: VCU -7.5
CBB Betting Total: 131
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The 8th-seeded Rhode Island Rams were able to take out the ninth seeded LaSalle Explorers in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament on Thursday night. They now get to face the top-seeded team in the VCU Rams on Friday afternoon.
The VCU Rams enter this matchup on an extended winning streak as their defense has certainly been the catalyst for their success during this time. On the season, the Rams are only allowing just 61 points per game on 38% shooting.
Rhode Island Rams
Jeff Dowtin led the Rhode Island Rams in scoring in their last meeting versus VCU as he had 14 points on a 5-8 shooting night. Jermaine Harris along with Cyril Langevine also chipped in 11 and 10 points, respectively, in the embarrassing loss.
Dowtin also struggled in their first-round matchup versus the LaSalle Explorers has he went 3-7 from the floor while ending with just 12 points on the night. Nonetheless, Langevine along with Fatts Russell took up the scoring slack for the Rams in scoring 25 along with 19 points in the win.
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Dowtin leads the team with 15 points per game as he shoots an outstanding 48% from the floor on a nightly basis. Russell continues to be a bit inconsistent in shooting a terrible 34% from the floor, however is currently averaging 15 points per game as well for the Rams.
Finally, Langevine averages 14 points along with 10 rebounds as his outing verses the Explorers allowed him to record his second straight double-double. On the year, the six foot eight inch forward is connecting on 57% of his shots.
VCU Rams
In all, Virginia Commonwealth has had blowouts in seven of their last 10 games, overall. As stated, their defense has been lights out on its opponents throughout the season, and will certainly seek to do the same in this contest versus Rhode Island.
Six feet two guard Marcus Evans leads the team with 14 points per game as he has posted 20 or more points in three of the last five games for the Rams. Furthermore, Evans is also averaging a respectable 44% shooting from the floor on the season.
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On the other hand, Marcus Santos-Silva averages 10 points along with seven rebounds per game and has become a force on both ends of the floor for the Rams. In fact, the Rams have not allowed 70 points to their opponents in either of their last 10 outings.
VCU was also able to sweep the season series versus the Rhode Island Rams as they picked up a huge blowout victory earlier in the season as the Rams went up by 17 points at the break while outscoring Rhode Island by 17 in the second half in what was an easy win for VCU.
CBB Betting Trends:
- VCU is 10-2 ATS in their last 12 games overall.
- VCU is 10-2 ATS in their last 12 vs. Atlantic 10.
- Favorite is 9-0 ATS in the last 9 meetings.
Free Rhode Island Rams vs. VCU Rams NCAAB Prediction:
Rhode Island has simply been too up and down on the offensive end to believe that they will actually threatened VCU in this contest. In all, look for the Rams of Virginia Commonwealth to prevail in this contest as they will take a 79-70 advantage in the end en route to a victory.
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Again, the defense for the VCU Rams has been too dominant on the season to think that they will have a setback in this contest. It is for this reason that one should expect Virginia Commonwealth to assert themselves early and often in this game as their offense will also shine versus a lackluster defense for Rhode Island.
NCAAB Free Score Prediction: Rhode Island 70 – VCU 79
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