ASA top play on 10* OVER 148 Northern Iowa vs Richmond, 6 PM ET - Our models are projecting 154 or more total points on this contest as two highly efficient offenses square off. Richmond is averaging 1.075 points per possession this season which is 44th best in college hoops. That’s no fluke as the Spiders were 53rd last season at 1.092PPP. Richmond also prefers a faster tempo style of play as they ranked 124th in adjusted tempo a year ago and are 58th this season. On average it takes Richmond just 15.4 seconds to get a shot up. They have an effective FG% of 54.8% which is also outstanding. Richmond has faced two very slow paced teams this season in Morehead State and Wofford and one really good defensive team in Kentucky which has kept this O/U number from getting too high. No. Iowa is also very efficient at 1.058PPP this season which is slightly lower than last years number of 1.127 which was 23rd in the nation. The Panthers have a 54.9% EFG percentage, rank 123rd in pace this season and hit 44.6% of their 3-point attempts. Northern Iowa has played one similar opponent to Richmond (in terms of pace and offensive efficiency) this season and that was Utah State. That game resulted in 153 total points.