The Rider Broncs (1-3) visit the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-1) for an intrastate battle Tuesday in Piscataway. The opening tip at Jersey Mike's Arena will be at 7 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Rider vs. Rutgers odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Rider heads into Tuesday’s game off a back-to-back set Friday and Saturday, both games resulting in hard-fought losses overseas. The Broncs lost 78-68 to Stetson Friday and 90-85 to Central Arkansas Saturday, The games were part of the MAAC/ASUN Dublin Basketball Challenge played in Dublin, Ireland.
The Scarlet Knights have had their defense locking down on foes in the early going. Only in their last game as 4.5-point underdogs against Temple on Friday (a 72-66 loss) did they allow more than 65 points. Through 4 games, Rutgers has held foes to 55.5 points per game on a 37.3% shooting percentage.
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