BYU vs St. Mary’s College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/27/21
BYU vs St. Mary's College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/27/21
2021-02-27 22:00:00 EDT
The Saint Mary’s Gaeels and the BYU Cougars meet in college basketball action from the Marriott Center on Saturday night.
The Saint Mary’s Gaels will look to build on a 58-46 win over Pacific last time out. Tommy Kuhse leads the Gaels in scoring with 12.9 PPG and 5.2 APG while Logan Johnson has 12.5 PPG and Matthias Tass has 11 PPG with 5.1 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Saint Mary’s up to this point in the year. As a team, Saint Mary’s is averaging 65.9 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field and 30.9% from the foul line while allowing 62.2 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field and 34.9% from 3-point range this season.
The BYU Cougars will try to build on a 79-73 win over San Francisco last time out. Alex Barcello leads the Cougars in scoring and assists with 16 PPG and 4.6 APG while Brandon Averette has 11.4 PPG with 3.7 APG on the year. Matt Haarms has 11 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for BYU so far this year while Caleb Lohner has 7.5 PPG and 6.8 RPG as well this season. As a team, BYU is averaging 79.2 PPG on 48.8% shooting from the field and 37.6% from three while allowing 68 PPG on 40.8% shooting from the field and 33.1% from 3-point range this season.
Saint Mary’s is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as an underdog and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS win while the over is 10-3 in their last 13 Saturday games. BYU is 0-2-2 ATS in their last 4 home games and 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a home favorite while the over is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games following a win. The underdog is 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings between these two teams.
I get why the points with the Gaels would be tempting as this is usually a fiercely contested rivalry matchup. However, the Gaels are not the same imposing team from years past and I’m just not sure how they do enough to keep up with BYU here. The Cougars have a tendency to light it up on offense more often than not and I just don’t see a way for the Gaels here. I’ll lay the points with BYU in this one.
