The Rider Broncos host the Siena Saints in a MAAC game that will take place at the Alumni Gymnasium (Rider) in Lawrenceville, New Jersey at 7 PM ET. The line on this game opened with a betting line of Siena -4.5 and has since fallen to as low as -3.5 on some boards. The total line has also fallen from its 151 opener to -149.
Siena is coming off an 80-73 win over Fairfield in their last game where they failed to cover as a 9-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 153, which was the closing line so the game was a PICK. The Saints had covered the spread in their previous three games that had a line and in two of those games the total went under. Previous to the win over Fairfield, Siena had lost two straight games.
Siena has lost five of their first eight games this season and they have covered the spread in three of the five games that have had a posted line.
Rider is coming off a 76-67 loss to Fairfield in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 4-point favorite. The last three games for the Broncs have had a line and they failed to cover in any of them with the total going under every time. Rider has lost three of their last four games after opening the season with two straight wins.
Rider has won three of their six games on the season and they have failed to cover in any of the three games that have had a posted line.
Offensively, Siena is putting up 75.1 points per game on a 44.4% FG average. On the defensive side of thins the Saints are allowing 76.4 points per game on 46% shooting.
Rider is putting up 69.2 points per game on a 43.2% FG average. On defense they are allowing 68.3 points per game on a 40.5% FG average.
Siena won both games last season against Rider getting the point spread cover in both games. In fact Siena is on 5-1 ATS mark in this series.
Siena vs. Rider Betting Trends
- The Saints are 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games.
- Siena is 5-1 against the spread in their last 6 games against Rider.
- Siena is 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games against Rider
- Rider is 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 home games.
- The Game total has gone over in 5 of Riders last 7 home games.
Public Money Consensus
In this college basketball matchup between Siena and Rider the public is leaning slightly to the Saints to cover the 3.5 points with 56%. The over/under bettors are pretty much split on this game total.
