(photo: Yahoo! Sports)
I will do my best to provide *at least* a daily group of 3-5 picks for all of you snipers out there. The goal is a 2-1 (3-2) night. I recommend you play them individually .. however, never be scared of a little sniper parlay! 20/21 Season: 58%
Season Record: 264-230-16
Best Bet Record: 27-11
2/25 Card:
Akron/Ohio o133
Monmouth -4
St Louis/Richmond o142
————————————
Akron/Ohio o133 : The Bobcats have one of the best offenses in the MAC. That is especially true at the Convocation Center. Since the turn of the new year, Ohio is averaging 80 ppg in home games. I expect this offense to continue to roll on Senior Night for Vander Plas and Carter. The first matchup of this season ended on 132, but Akron shot 39.3% from the field and 52.9% from the line. I don’t see how we go under 133 with the way Ohio sees the rims at home, and Akron surely improving on their shooting performance. We will take a stab at this over.
Score Prediction: Ohio 74 – Akron 67
Monmouth -4 : Best Bet of the night. Monmouth might have discovered a secret weapon to propel them through the MAAC tournament coming up. King Rice is starting to play Nikkei Rutty big minutes, and it is making a deference on the boards. Rutty played 36 minutes against Rider and secured 13 rebounds (3 offensive), and then followed that up with 33 minutes and 19 rebounds (5 offensive) against Siena. That is a new wrinkle for teams when game planning for the Hawks. Teams have to send more bodies to the glass instead of trying to leak out in transition. Walker Miller has been a beast in the post all season, but this 1-2 punch is going to be trouble for most MAAC teams to handle. Pair those guys with two of the best guards in the conference, George Papas & Shavar Reynolds, and this team looks poised for a big next few weeks. I like them to get revenge on the Peacocks tonight with this newly found confidence in Rutty. A hype Friday night home spot as well.
Score Prediction: Monmouth 70 – St Peters 61
Saint Louis / Richmond o142 : 145 points in the first matchup. Both teams had below average field goal percentages, but the pace was out of this world. We will see more of the same on the pace tonight. Virtually, every Spider with major playing time will be celebrating their Senior Night tonight. While that may not mean much to most handicappers, I really like that for a scoring/pace edge tonight. The Spiders already play quicker and score more at the Robins Center than on the road. I like the energy & emotion of Senior Night to push the tempo even more than usual. There will be a lot of fast break points, and fouls at the rim tonight. Both teams shot 20 free throws a piece in their first meeting. Two capable offenses, up-tempo pace, fouls .. what is not to love in an over?!
Score Prediction: Richmond 77 – St Louis 74
Best of luck! Let’s snipe this one y’all!!
threepointsniper.com 