It will be a battle between Atlantic 10 opponents when the Richmond Spiders (9-6) welcome the La Salle Explorers (5-8) to Robins Center. The game gets underway at 7:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
The Spiders beat Fordham 93-82 on Sunday. ShawnDre’ Jones led all scorers on the team with 35 points on 9-for-12 shooting. The Explorers are coming off a 61-57 win over Dayton on Saturday. Jordan Price shot 5 for 15 and led in scoring with 17 points.
The Spiders look to build on their records of 9-6 Straight Up (SU) and 5-6 Against The Spread (ATS). Richmond has consistently been near the top of the nation in terms of field goal percentage, currently ranking 22nd in the nation with a FG% of .491. Richmond has the 31st-most assists in Division I, averaging 16.9 per game.
Across the court, La Salle has a SU record of 5-8 and an ATS record of 3-7. Most recently, La Salle is a meager 2-6 ATS over the last 10 games.
This is the first meeting of the season for Richmond and La Salle. The last time they played, La Salle came out on top, but Richmond still leads the head-to-head record, 6-4 SU, over their most recent matchups. At 5-5, they are even ATS. Neither Richmond nor La Salle has led in three key areas (field goals, rebounds, or three-pointers) over their most recent five games.
Predictions: SU Winner – Rich, ATS Winner – Rich
Notes
Richmond is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games.
Richmond is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Richmond’s last 14 games when playing La Salle.
Richmond is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against La Salle.
The Richmond Spiders and La Salle Explorers both hold losing records of 1-2 SU against teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Richmond Spiders average 69.5 possessions and 1.135 points per possession in games this season. The La Salle Explorers average fewer possessions with 68.1, as well as fewer points per possession with .988.
The Richmond Spiders have one of the best effective field goal percentages this season, ranking 15th in the country with an eFG% of 56.6%. When their opponents record a similar or higher eFG%, the La Salle Explorers are winless with a 0-3 record.
Richmond attempts an average of 22.0 three pointers per game and La Salle attempts 23.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Richmond Spiders have a winning 6-3 record while the La Salle Explorers have a 4-6 record.
The Richmond Spiders rank 25th with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.49, while the La Salle Explorers rank outside the top 100 (238th) with an A/TO of .95.
Richmond has forced an average turnover percentage of 19.0% this season. La Salle has a losing 2-5 record when its TO% is 19.0% or higher.
