Fairfield vs Rider Prediction 2/21/25 College Basketball Picks

The Fairfield Stags and the Rider Broncs meet Friday in college basketball action from the Alumni Gymnasium. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Fairfield vs. Rider prediction.

Fairfield Recap

The Fairfield Stags come into this game looking to bounce back after ending up with an 80-67 loss at the hands of Manhattan last time out to sit at 9-17 on the year. After this game, Fairfield will head home for a game against Mount St. Mary’s.

Stags Lose 3rd In A Row

Prophet Johnson leads Fairfield in scoring and rebounding with 11.6 PPG and 7.3 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Fairfield so far this season. Jamie Bergens also has 9.2 PPG with a team-high 2.8 APG of his own while Peyton Smith has 7 PPG with 4 RPG. Louis Bleechmore has 7.3 PPG with 3.7 RPG and Braden Sparks has added 8.7 PPG with 2.5 RPG and 2 APG. Deon Perry has also contributed 9.5 PPG and 2 APG as well this season. As a team, Fairfield is averaging 67.5 PPG on 39.8% shooting from the field, 31.6% from three, and 73.1% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Fairfield Stags will win

• Fairfield has won four of its last five night games against Rider.

Rider Recap

The Rider Broncs come into this game looking to bounce back after a 66-65 loss at the hands of Saint Peter’s in their last game to slip to 10-16 on the year. After this game, Rider will head on the road for a tilt with Mount St. Mary’s.

Broncs Looking For Rebound Performance

T.J. Weeks Jr. leads the Broncs in scoring with 13.9 PPG and 5.1 RPG while Jay Alvarez has 11.2 PPG with 4.8 RPG and Tariq Ingraham has 10.2 PPG with a team-high 6.6 RPG to lead the Broncs on the glass while rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for Rider up to this point in the year. Zion Cruz has 9.3 PPG with 2.6 RPG while Ruben Rodriguez also has a team-high 3 APG to lead the Broncs in assists up to this point in the season. As a team, Rider is averaging 65.8 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three, and 71.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Rider Broncs will win

• Fairfield has lost six of its last seven games.
• Rider has won each of its last three games following a road loss.

Fairfield vs. Rider Prediction

I’m going to rock with Rider at home in this one. I just can’t get a good feeling for the Stags and until Fairfield kind of rights the ship, I think it’s hard to back them in any way, shape, or form really. The Broncs have shown me a LOT more on the offensive end of the floor, and have just been a much easier team to expect results from than Fairfield who just look like a team that’s playing out the string and are kind of over the season at this point. I think Rider’s home court gives them an additional edge over whatever Fairfield’s throwing at the wall right now so give me the Broncs laying the points at home in this one.