Fresno State vs Pepperdine 11/23/2021 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds

The Pepperdine Waves and the Fresno State Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the JSerra Pavilion on Monday night.

The Pepperdine Waves will look to bounce back from an 82-48 loss at the hands of UC-Irvine in their last matchup. Houston Mallette leads the Waves in scoring with 13.4 PPG with 4.6 RPG and 2.2 APG while Jade’ Smith has 11.8 PPG with 5.2 RPG and 3 APG. Jan Zidek has 10.2 PPG with 4.4 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Pepperdine up to this point in the year. Keith Fisher leads the Waves in rebounding with a team-high 5.6 RPG while Mike Mitchell Jr. has a team-high 3.6 APG this season. As a team, Pepperdine is averaging 64.4 PPG on 39.7% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 74.2% from the foul line while allowing 75.4 PPG on 47.1% shooting from the field and 37.1% from three this season.

The Fresno State Bulldogs will look to build on their 69-62 win over Idaho last time out. Orlando Robinson leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 20 PPG and 11 RPG while Deon Stroud has 13 PPG and Jordan Campbell has 11.7 PPG with 5 RPG while Isaiah Hill has 10.3 PPG with a team-high 4.3 APG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Fresno State up to this point in the season. As a team, Fresno State is averaging 75.7 PPG on 49.4% shooting from the field, 30.8% from three and 63.9% from the foul line while allowing 58.7 PPG on 37.1% from the field and 34.6% from three this season.

Pepperdine is 10-1 ATS in their last 11 games following an ATS loss and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a SU loss while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Fresno State is 5-15 ATS in their last 20 neutral site games as a favorite and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games as a favorite.

It probably goes without saying that side-by-side, Pepperdine’s had the stronger opposition on the other side of the floor, but let’s not forget this is still a Waves team looking to replace a lot of talent from last year’s group. Fresno State’s got a lot of solid pieces and I think the Bulldogs take it to the Waves and get a win and over here