San Francisco vs San Diego College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/4/21

The San Diego Toreros and San Francisco Dons meet Thursday in the college basketball West Coast First Round at the Orleans Arena.

The San Diego Toreros need a win after losing six of their last eight games. The San Diego Toreros are averaging 67.4 points on 42.2 percent shooting and allowing 77.8 points on 47.4 percent shooting. Joey Calcaterra is averaging 12.9 points and 3.1 rebounds while Josh Parrish is averaging 11.3 points and 4.3 rebounds. Frankie Hughes is grabbing 2.9 rebounds and Vladimir Pinchuk is dishing 0.8 assists. The San Diego Toreros are shooting 31.6 percent from beyond the arc and 65.7 percent from the free throw line. The San Diego Toreros are allowing 39 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29.5 rebounds per game.

The San Francisco Dons need a win to snap a six-game losing streak. The San Francisco Dons are averaging 71.9 points on 42.5 percent shooting and allowing 70 points on 45.3 percent shooting. Jamaree Bouyea is averaging 19 points and three rebounds while Khalil Shabazz is averaging 16.3 points and three rebounds. Dzmitry Ryuny is the third double-digit scorer and Taavi Jurkatamm is grabbing 3.5 rebounds. The San Francisco Dons are shooting 33.9 percent from beyond the arc and 72.4 percent from the free throw line. The San Francisco Dons are allowing 33.6 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30.5 rebounds per game.

The Toreros are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 Thursday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games. The Dons are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The over is 5-2 in Toreros last 7 overall. The under is 5-2 in Dons last 7 Thursday games. The underdog is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.

The San Francisco Dons are clearly the better team here and should be favored, but this is a lot of points to lay with a team riding a six game losing streak. San Francisco is losing its last five games by an average of 13 points while shooting 38.7 percent from the field. The Dons should be able to grind out a win here, but I want the points with the San Diego Toreros.