Siena vs Rider Picks and Prediction – 3/11/2025

The Siena Saints will be in New Jersey Tuesday evening for a MAAC tournament first round matchup against Rider. Siena has fourteen wins and 17 losses coming into this matchup having lost three of the last four overall after a 12 point road loss to Manhattan in their last outing. Offensively Siena averages 72.1 points on 42.7% shoot for the floor but scored only six points in their last outing. Defensively the Saints are allowing 71.9 points per game but gave up 78 in their loss to Manhattan. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Justice Shoats leads the Siena offense season this season avreraging16 points and 4.5 assists per game. Major freeman is 2nd on the roster averaging 13.2 points and Brendan Coyle averages 12.8 points per game. Gavin Doty averages 11.2 points to go along with a team leading 6.1 rebounds per game this season.

The Rider Broncs come into the conference tournament Tuesday night with thirteen wins and 18 losses riding a three-game winning streak after a narrow one point victory against Niagara last time out. Offensively Rider has averaged 66.7 points per game on 42.7% shooter from the floor this season and have averaged 79.3 points per game over their last three victories. Defensively Rider is allowing 71.5 points per game this season through 31 games played.

TJ Weeks Jr. leads the Rider offense this season averaging 14.1 points per game. Tariq Ingraham and Jay Alvarez are both tied for second on the roster averaging 10.5 points per contest and Ingraham also leads the team pulling in 6.8 rebounds per contest. Zion Cruz is the fourth player on the team in double digits averaging 10.3 points per game. Ruben Rodriguez averages 3.9 points to go along with the team leading 3.2 this this season.

Siena is a slightly better team in this matchup and will do the work Tuesday night to end the Rider winning streak. Look for the Saints to use their offensive edge to overwhelm Rider for 40 minutes leading to the victory. Take the Saints Tuesday night to do the job as they get the win and cover in New Jersey in round one of the conference tournament. Final Score Prediction, Siena Saints win and cover 76-63.