Utah State vs Nevada College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/26/21

The Nevada Wolf Pack and the Utah State Aggies meet in college basketball action from the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Friday night.

The Nevada Wolf Pack will look to add to their 73-62 win over Boise State in their last matchup. Grant Sherfielr leads the Pack in scoring with 18.5 PPG as well as in assists with 6.2 APG while Desmond Cambrdige Jr. has 15.2 PPG with 2.5 APG and 4.4 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Nevada up to this point. Zane Meeks also has 9 PPG with a team-high 5.9 RPG and Warren Washington has 9.4 PPG and 5.8 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Nevada is averaging 73 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field, 34% from 3-point range and 75.6% from the foul line while allowing 67.1 PPG on 40% shooting from the field and 32.6% from 3-point range this season.

The Utah State Aggies will try to rebound from an 81-77 loss to the same Boise State Broncos last time out. Neemias Queta leads the Aggies in scoring and rebounding with 14.2 PPG and 92. RPG while Marco Anthony has 11.s PPG with 5.1 RPG and 2.6 APG and Justin Bean has 10.1 PPG with 7.1 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Utah State up to this point in the season. Rollie Worster has 9.6 PPG with a team-high 3.4 APG to lead the Aggies in assists while Brock Miller ha s9.5 PPG as well this year. As a team, Utah State is averaging 74.7 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field, 34.2% from 3-point range and 71.6% from the foul line while giving up 63 PPG on 39.5% shooting from the field and 33.7% from 3-point range this season.

Nevada is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 12-4-2 ATS in their last 18 Friday games while the under is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog. Utah State is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games overall while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 Friday games.

I completely get Utah State being favored here and we’ve seen higher quality teams beat each other up (just ask San Diego State and Boise State). However, this just feels like it’s a case of too many points as there’s nus too much at play her for me to think thas this is anything other than a 2-4 point game here so I’ll take Nevada and the points in this one.