UCLA vs North Florida College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/17/2021

The North Florida Ospreys and the UCLA Bruins meet in college basketball action from Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday night.

The North Florida Ospreys will look to bounce back from a 72-63 loss at the hands of Arizona State in their last game. Carter Hendricksen leads the Ospreys had 15 PPG and 5 RPG and Jose Placer has 11.5 PPG with 3.3 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for North Florida this season. As a team, North Florida is averaging 58.5 PPG on 38.5% shooting from the field, 36.7% from three and 78.3% from the foul line while allowing 72.5 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field and 32.8% from three this season.

The UCLA Bruins will be out to build on their 100-79 win over the Long Beach State Beach last time out. Johnny Juzang leads UCLA in scoring with 23 PPG and 5.3 RPG while Jules Bernard has 19 PPG and 5.7 RPG with 3.7 APG. Jaime Jaquez Jr. has 17.3 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG and Tyger Campbell’s got 13 PPG with a team-high 4.7 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for UCLA up to this point in the season. As a team, UCLA is averaging 93.7 PPG on 49.5% shooting from the field, 40.2% from three and 82.1% from the foul line while allowing 71.3 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field and 48.1% from three this season.

North Florida is 26-11 ATS in their last 37 road games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 7-0 in their last 7 Wednesday games. UCLA is 8-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 16-7-1 ATS in their last 24 home games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win.

I get that this is a lot of points to give up and UCLA had a bit of a close call on Long Beach State last time out. However UCLA is just the far better team and I think they wake up after that sluggish performance against Long Beach state with a dominant performance here. I’ll lay it and play it with UCLA here.