Rhode Island vs George Mason Prediction 2/8/25 College Basketball Picks

The Rhode Island Rams and the George Mason Patriots meet Saturday in college basketball action from EagleBank Arena. Here’s a Rhode Island vs George Mason prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Rhode Island vs George Mason pick. We will examine: 

The Rhode Island Rams’ recent form and player performance

The George Mason Patriots’ recent form and player performance 

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Rhode Island Rams

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the George Mason Patriots

Recent betting trends in games played between Rhode Island and George Mason

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Rhode Island vs George Mason game

Rhode Island Rams Betting Preview

This year the Rams got off to a great start, but they’ve been pretty choppy since early December. Rhode Island took out Fairfield, Holy Cross, Franklin Pierce, Lafayette, Charleston, Detroit, Texas Arlington, Yale, and Providence in their first nine games. The next nine were a 5-4 run with wins over Central Connecticut, Temple, George Mason, Richmond, and Davidson among losses to Brown, Duquesne, George Washington, and Loyola Chicago. Since then it’s been a 1-3 run for the Rams. The lone win in that time was over UMass; otherwise, it was losses to VCU, La Salle, and Fordham for a 15-7 overall run through the first 22 games so far. 

In the Fordham game on Wednesday, the Rams were down by two points heading into the second half. Rhode Island hit a 42-41 advantage the rest of the way but fell short in a tough road loss 80-79. Leading the team in scoring was Sebastian Thomas with 20 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals. David Green added 18 points with seven boards, and David Fuchs came off the bench for 16 points and eight rebounds in 31 minutes of work. 

George Mason Patriots Betting Preview

Over on the George Mason side, they’ve been quite consistent this year with just one instance of consecutive losses. Those came versus Central Michigan and East Carolina way back in mid-November. Following that came wins over Coppin State, Ferrum, James Madison, UNC Asheville, and Tulane before another loss to Duke and wins over Penn, Mount St. Mary’s, and Davidson. The Patriots would lose to Rhode Island before wins versus Richmond, UMass, Dayton, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Loyola Chicago, Davidson, and George Washington again. The result so far has been an 18-5 overall run this season. 

Matched up against George Washington in the Wednesday outing, the Patriots hit a 19-13 advantage in the first half. George Mason was outscored 37-34 from there but managed to hold on for the win 53-50 in a low-scoring finish. Jalen Haynes topped the scorers with 17 points, seven boards, three assists, and three steals. Darius Maddox added 10 points with one rebound and one steal in his 27 minutes of work on the court. 

Why the George Mason Patriots will win

• George Mason has won each of its last 11 games at EagleBank Arena.
• Rhode Island has lost each of its last three road games against the Atlantic 10 Conference.
• Rhode Island has lost the first half in 20 of its last 25 day games against Conference opponents.

Why the Rhode Island Rams will win

• Rhode Island has won each of its last three day games following a road loss.

Rhode Island vs George Mason Prediction 

I’ll lean toward George Mason. We should have a pretty good matchup here, though. The Patriots are coming off an odd win over George Washington in their last outing, shooting just 35.3 percent from the field and 10-of-18 (55.6 percent) from the line. George Mason coughed up 15 turnovers for 14 Revolutionaries points in a sloppy overall game (33 total turnovers), but the win is what counts. The Patriots have won eight straight now, but they’ve been below 65 points in each of the last three. 

These teams last saw each other on January 4 in a 62-59 home win for the Rams. George Mason shot well overall (45.3 percent) and had a 36-34 rebounding edge. That said, the Patriots also coughed up 14 turnovers for 16 Rhode Island points and hit just two of their 17 attempts from outside. There’s plenty to clean up in the home rematch, but George Mason should have a good shot.