Rhode Island at St. Joseph's

Saint Joseph's is playing well, on a 7-1 run (7-1-1 ATS) with an RPI of 31. This is the quickest that the Hawks have achieved 11 wins since the undefeated season in 2003-04. DeAndre Bembry is a dominant, all around player averaging 16.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 1.4 steals. The Hawks are 6-2 at home this year with losses to #8 Villanova and VCU. The Hawks are 39-16-1 ATS following a straight up loss, plus 35-16-1 ATS after a spread loss. Atlantic 10 rival, Rhode Island is in town with a losing road record, as well as a 0-6 ATS spread run away from home. Rhode Island is giving up 75 points per game on the road and is a terrible free throw shooting team (64.0%). Their offense will struggle against a Saint Joseph's defense that is leading the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense (39.4) and ranks third in three-point field goal percentage defense (30.0). Play Saint Joseph's on the moneyline.