Rhode Island Rams (8-20) vs. Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (9-19)
Week 17 of the 2022-23 NCAA men’s basketball season is in full swing on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, when the Rhode Island Rams take on the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers in this Atlantic 10 Conference clash at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena in Chicago, Illinois.
This is the first-ever meeting between these teams. No line or total was set at the time this analysis was written.
The Rhode Island Rams (8-20, 10-17-0 ATS) dropped their seventh straight game when they fell to Fordham on Saturday, 74-71. The Rams have lost 10 of their last 12 games, dropping them to 4-12 in the conference. Rhode Island is winless on the road this season (0-10) and is 4-6 ATS in their last 10.
Fordham held a one-point advantage at the half and was able to hang on for the three-point victory. The Rams had a solid day shooting, hitting 40.4% of their shots, including 56.3% from three-point range and 84.2% from the free-throw line. However, they were outrebounded by eight and gave up six more shots than they took, which proved to be the difference in the game. Malik Martin led the team with 17 points and eight rebounds.
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Rhode Island is ranked 239th in the KenPom rankings. They are 305th in points per 100 possessions (98.9) and the team is 314th in points per game (66.3%). This is a terrible shooting club, ranked 355th in field-goal percentage (39.5%) and 336th in three-point shooting (30.6%). They have done well at the free-throw line (74.5%). In the conference, the Rams are averaging 66.6 points per game while allowing 72.2 per contest.
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