Santa Clara vs San Francisco College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 1/21/21
Santa Clara vs San Francisco College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 1/21/21
2021-01-21 22:00:00 EDT
The San Francisco Dons and the Santa Clara Broncos meet in college basketball action from the Leavey Center on Thursday night.
The San Francisco Dons will look to rebound from a 72-63 loss to BYU last time out. Jamaree Bouyea leads the Dons in scoring with 17.4 PPG along with a team-high 3.8 APG while Khalil Shabazz is 2nd in scoring with 15.6 PPG along with 4.1 RPG and Dzmitry Ryuny has 10.3 PPG with a team-high 6 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for San Francisco coming into this game. As a team, San Francisco is averaging 73.9 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field, 36.3% from 3-point range and 71.6% from the foul line while allowing 68.4 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field and 27.4% from 3-point range this season.
The Santa Clara Broncos will look to build on a 69-63 win over San Diego last time out. Josip Vrankic leads the Broncos in scoring and rebounding with 14.3 PPG with 8.5 RPG while Keshawn Justice has 11 PPG with 5.8 RPG and a team-high 2.1 APG to make up the duo of double-digit scorers for Santa Clara up to this point in this season. As a team, Santa Clara is averaging 66.5 PPG on 40.6% shooting from the field, 28.4% from 3-point range and 65.4% from the foul line while giving up 64.7 PPG on 37.7% shooting from the field and 31.4% from 3-point range this season.
San Francisco is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games while the under is 6-2 in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record. Santa Clara is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a losing road record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.
I get that the Dons have had the tougher schedule and they’ve also had success in that schedule which includes the win over Virginia. However, Santa Clara’s getting no respect with this line as the Broncos have done really well at home this season and while the Dons have three road wins, I just think this is a closer game than the line would suggest. I’ll take Santa Clara and the points.
