Siena Saints @ Rider Broncs (Under) ..

Recently, these two sides have been in high scoring games which has increased this total to a lot higher than it should be in my opinion. In the Conference Tournaments, players become more frantic and worried to make mistakes on the biggest of stages. Siena to begin with, doesn't score much. Averaging just over 72 PPG, the Saints like to play at a slightly below average pace, and will try and keep the game at their pace to win. It's worked occasionally but didn't happen against Rider in the first game this season. Talking about Rider, it's an even slower playing basketball team than Siena. The Broncs rank #295th on KenPom in adjusted tempo and do not shoot very many three balls. In that first matchup, they won 61-59 against Siena, when the total was 139.5. Now, the total has gone down from that. But, it hasn't gone done enough. Both teams have averaged less than 68.0 PPG on the road this season & Siena averaged 64.3 in neutral court games this season (this is a neutral court game.) Rider did not play in any neutral court games this year. I expect this one to stay below the number again.

Score Prediction: 63-57 Siena.