The Rhode Island Rams and Saint Louis Billikens will play Tuesday at Chaifetz Arena. Tip-off from St. Louis, MO, is at 9:00 p.m. ET. Rhode Island's Jalen Carey (9.3 PPG and 5.1 RPG) is questionable to play with an ankle injury. The Billikens are 11.5-point spread favorites and the game total is 143.5 points.
Rhode Island, 8-14 SU and 7-14 ATS, lost to St. Joe's on Wednesday. The Rams are 2-3 in their past five and 4-6 in Atlantic 10 competition.
Saint Louis, 15-8 SU and 10-12 ATS, lost to VCU on Friday. The Billikens are 3-2 in their past five and 7-3 in A-10 play.
Saint Louis beat Rhode Island 80-74 in their lone meeting last season. The Rams are 13-10 versus the Billikens.
Rhode Island is in the midst of a tough stretch featuring three straight road games. At 8-14 overall, it's going to take a much better effort from Rhody if it hopes to finish the regular season with a .500 record.
The Rams lost by 14 at Saint Joseph's in their last game. They shot just 33.9 percent from the field, including 1-for-13 (7.7%) from three-point distance. Rhode Island committed 18 turnovers. It did outrebound St. Joe's 43-38, collecting 15 offensive rebounds. With just six total assists, it's clear the Rams need to share the basketball more.
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Rhode Island averages 66.8 points (306th) and shoots 40.0 percent from the floor (347th), including 29.8 percent from three (341st). It converts 73.9 percent of its free throws (86th) and averages 34.0 rebounds (78th) with a +1.4 rebounding margin. Rhody is 274th in KenPom's schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 352nd in effective field goal percentage (44.6%).
Sophomore guard Ishmael Leggett leads Rhode Island in scoring, averaging 16.0 points on 42.1 percent shooting. He also contributes 6.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Other Rams to watch are sophomore guard Brayon Freeman (14.5 PPG and 3.1 RPG), junior guard Jalen Carey (9.3 PPG and 5.1 RPG), and senior guard Malik Martin (7.7 PPG and 6.5 RPG).
Rhode Island gives up 69.7 points per game (189th), and its opponents shoot 42.4 percent from the field (113th), including 32.1 percent from three (102nd). The Rams are 156th in adjusted defensive efficiency, 1 71st in adjusted tempo, and 304th in assist-per-turnover ratio.
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