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The Rider Broncs host the Iona Gaels in a MAAC game that will take place at the Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville, New Jersey at 7 PM ET. The betting line for this game hit the boards with Iona listed as a -1.5 road favorite, but that has climbed to -3 at most sportsbooks. The O/U line has moved two points from its opener to -153.5
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Iona has won 15 of their 23 games on the season and they have an ATS record of 9-10-2 in the 21 games that have had a posted line. Rider has won 13 of their 23 games this season and they have failed to cover the spread in 10 of the 18 games that have had a posted line.
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Iona is coming off a 69-66 OT win over Saint Peter’s in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 6-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 135, which was over the closing line of 134.5. The Gaels have an ATS record of 1-2-1 in their last four games and previous to the Saint Peter’s game the total had gone under in two straight games. Overall, Iona has won five straight games.
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Rider is coming off a 72-66 win over Canisius in their last game where they covered the spread as a 6-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 138, which was under the closing line of 158.5. Previous to the Canisius game the Broncs had failed to cover the spread in two straight games and the total has gone under in four of their last five games including their last three. Rider had lost two games in a row before their win over Canisius.
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Offensively, Iona is putting up 79 points per game on a 45.1% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Gaels are allowing 75.3 points per game on a 42.9% FG average.
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Rider is putting up 72.3 points per game on a 42.8% FG average. On defense the Broncs are allowing 72.4 points per game on a 41.8% FG average.
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Last season these teams split the two games facing each other with each winning at home.
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Iona Gaels at Rider Broncs Betting Trends<br />
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Iona is 4-7-1 against the spread in their last 12 games.
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The Gaels are 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games against Rider.
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The game total has gone under in 4 of Iona’s last 5 road games against Rider.
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Rider is 2-5 against the spread in their last 7 games.
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The Bronc’s are 3-6 against the spread in their last 9 homes games against the Gaels.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Iona and Rider have the public leaning to the Gaels to cover the 3 point spread on the road with over 55% confidence. The over/under bettors are looking for this game to go over the posted total line of 152 with over 70%.
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