#682 ASA PLAY ON George Mason -11.5 over Richmond, Wednesday at 7 PM ET - This is a terrible match up for the Richmond Spiders. They are a very poor shooting team ranking outside the top 330 in FG%, FG made per game, and 3 point FG%. They will struggle big time offensively in this game facing a high level George Masion defense that ranks 3rd nationally allowing opponents to make only 35% of their shots and 12th nationally giving up just 61 PPG. The Patriots have held over half their opponents (8) to less than 60 points this season and only 1 team has topped 70 points in regulation vs this defense and that was Marquette. They held a great Duke offense to 68 points which is impressive as the Blue Devils have been held to less than 70 points just twice all season. George Mason will also come into this home game with a chip on their shoulder after losing their most recent game @ Rhode Island as a favorite after winning 8 of their previous 9 games (only loss @ Duke during that stretch). On the other side, Richmond will be playing their 2nd straight road game after upsetting UMass on the road as a dog over the weekend. Nice set up with the host off a loss as a favorite vs the road team off a win as a dog. That was the Spiders first road win this season (1-4 SU in true road games) and as poor as they’ve been shooting the ball this year, on the road they’ve been abysmal making 38% of their shots and 25% of their triples. We highly doubt Richmond gets out of the 50’s in this game (they are averaging 53 PPG their last 3 trips to GMU – all losses) while George Mason is averaging 80 PPG at home this season. Lay it.