Florida Gulf Coast vs Richmond Picks and Prediction – 12/28/2024

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles go on the road to Richmond, Virginia on Saturday night to play the Richmond Spiders. For other college basketball plays see our College Basketball Picks. The last game on the court for Florida Gulf Coast who has a record of 4-8 was a loss against UNC Wilmington. The loss came by a final score of 79-66. On the year the Eagles have been below average with a total of 67 points per game scored. The defense, though has been above average giving up only 69 points, most of that was against competitive teams. The rebounding for the Eagles is sitting at 31.7 boards per game. Dallion Johnson has been the leading scorer for Florida Gulf Coast with 13.4 points per game.

Richmond for their part heads to the game here with a 5-7 record. The last game on the court for the Spiders was against VMI. The game ended up being a close win by a score of 78-71. Offensively Richmond has been below average with 73 points per game and on defense the Spiders have been below average giving up 75 points per game. The rebounding for Richmond is sitting at 34.8 boards per game. DeLonnie Hunt is leading Richmond in scoring with 18.4 points per game. 

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are 1-5 away from home so far this season. The Eagles have been struggling on offense however and have been not good at covering the spread going 5-6 up till now. The Richmond Spiders are rated a little lower than Florida Gulf Coast and will have home court advantage. Richmond is better on offense than the Eagles and will hit more shots from the floor in this matchup. Richmond will hit a few important free-throw shots at the end to get a victory on their home court. Final Score Prediction, Richmond wins 72-69.