Halftime Report
Saint Joseph’s is on the highway however trying no worse for put on. After one quarter, neither squad has the contest within the bag, however Saint Joseph’s leads 25-23 over VCU.
Saint Joseph’s got here into the match with some further motivation after the loss they had been dealt the final time these two groups confronted off. We’ll see in the event that they’re capable of flip the script or if it will simply be extra of the identical.
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Saint Joseph’s Hawks @ VCU Rams
Present Information: Saint Joseph’s 19-12, VCU 19-12
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What to Know
VCU is 8-2 in opposition to Saint Joseph’s since January of 2016, and so they’ll have an opportunity to increase that success on Saturday. The VCU Rams and the Saint Joseph’s Hawks are set to conflict at 1:00 p.m. ET at Barclays Heart in an Atlantic 10 postseason contest. The stakes are excessive as each groups are all in, each combating to increase their postseason success.
VCU earned some postseason bragging rights after a profitable outing on Thursday. They walked away with a 73-59 victory over the Minutemen. The win made it back-to-back wins for VCU.
Zeb Jackson and Joe Bamisile had been among the many predominant playmakers for VCU as the previous scored 17 factors together with 5 assists and 4 steals and the latter scored 18 factors.
In the meantime, Saint Joseph’s earned some postseason bragging rights after a profitable outing on Thursday. They got here out on prime in opposition to the Spiders by a rating of 66-61.
Erik Reynolds II was the offensive standout of the match as he scored 30 factors together with two steals. He did not assist Saint Joseph’s trigger all that a lot in opposition to George Mason on Wednesday however the identical cannot be stated for this matchup.
The Rams’ win bumped their file as much as 21-12. As for the Hawks, they’re on a roll recently: they’ve gained 4 of their final 5 matches, which offered a pleasant bump to their 21-12 file this season.
VCU is hoping to beat the chances on Saturday, because the consultants suppose they’re headed for a loss. For these seeking to play the unfold, maintain VCU’s opponent in thoughts: they’ve a stable 4-1 file in opposition to the unfold vs Saint Joseph’s over their final 5 matchups.
VCU did not have an excessive amount of respiration room of their matchup in opposition to Saint Joseph’s of their earlier matchup again in February, however they nonetheless walked away with a 73-69 victory. The rematch is likely to be just a little harder for VCU because the group will not have the home-court benefit this time round. We’ll see if the change in venue makes a distinction.
Odds
VCU is a slight 2.5-point favourite in opposition to Saint Joseph’s, in keeping with the newest faculty basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had been proper consistent with the betting group on this one, as the sport opened as a 2.5-point unfold, and stayed proper there.
The over/below is 139.5 factors.
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Sequence Historical past
VCU has gained 8 out of their final 10 video games in opposition to Saint Joseph’s.
- Feb 25, 2024 – VCU 73 vs. Saint Joseph’s 69
- Feb 21, 2023 – VCU 88 vs. Saint Joseph’s 63
- Jan 22, 2022 – VCU 70 vs. Saint Joseph’s 54
- Dec 30, 2020 – VCU 80 vs. Saint Joseph’s 64
- Jan 21, 2020 – VCU 73 vs. Saint Joseph’s 60
- Mar 08, 2019 – VCU 75 vs. Saint Joseph’s 63
- Jan 03, 2018 – Saint Joseph’s 87 vs. VCU 81
- Feb 14, 2017 – VCU 91 vs. Saint Joseph’s 81
- Mar 13, 2016 – Saint Joseph’s 87 vs. VCU 74
- Jan 05, 2016 – VCU 85 vs. Saint Joseph’s 82