Reilly Center, Saint Bonaventure, NY
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
7:00PM
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TV: CBSSN
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Previews:
St. Bonaventure Fan Forum
After yet another tough to watch loss, Rhody stays on the road as they head to the woods of St. Bonaventure, NY to take on the Bonnies. In the Rams’ last game at George Washington, according to my calculation they lead for only 39 seconds in that game. As we are all painfully aware, they have only 1 win in their last 9 games. Conversely, the Bonnies are winners of 5 in a row including a home & home sweep of St. Louis. Coach Mark Schmidt who is in his 15th season in Olean, plays his starters the majority of the time as they are all averaging over 30 minutes per contest. Jalen Adaway is their leading scorer & second on the team in rebounds, 15.7 & 6.3 respectively. Senior point guard Kyle Lofton facilitates with the best of them, averaging over 6 assists per game. Against UMass last week he had an eye popping 17 assists while playing all 40 minutes of the game. Big man Osun Osunniyi will cause some problems downlow for the Mitchell twins as he is averaging almost 3 blocks a game. Guard Dominick Welch is the Bonnie’s biggest threat from behind the arc & that is where he scores roughly two thirds of his points from. The Bonnies should be favored in this game by about 7.5. Rhody has won 8 of the last 11 contests against St. Bonaventure but I don’t see how URI can win this one in Olean, NY. My prediction for the final score is St Bonaventure 71 – URI 62. Go Rhody!!
Opponent
Record:
17-7, 9-4 in the A-10
16-5, 11-4 in the A-10 (Last Season)
Rankings (URI):
NCAA NET: 85 (135)
RPI: 53 (149)
KenPom: 86 (125)
BPI: 73 (122)
Sagarin: 68 (120)
Barttorvik: 51 (129)
Leaders:
Points – Jalen Adaway 15.7 (Sr., G)
Rebounds – Osun Osunniyi 7.5 (Sr., F)
Assists – Kyle Lofton 6.1 (Sr., G) (2.5 TO per game)
Historical
Series: 42-30
H: 25-8, A: 15-19, N: 2-3
Most Recent Matchup: 12/30/20 63-57 W at URI
Most Recent Win Streak: 2 – URI
Match-up Predictor: 19.6% Chance of URI Winning