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Pacific vs Santa Clara 1/12/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

Santa Clara Broncos (10-5) vs. Pacific Tigers (5-10)
January 12, 2022 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Pacific Tigers +6.5 / Santa Clara Broncos -6.5; Over/Under: +141
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The Santa Clara Broncos and the Pacific Tigers meet in college basketball action from the Alex G. Spanos Center on Wednesday night.

The Santa Clara Broncos will look to build on their 79-57 win over San Jose State last time out. Jalen Williams leads the Broncos in scoring with 18.8 PPG with 3.6 RPG and 3.5 APG while Josip Vrankic has 15.3 PPG, 5.6 RPG and 4.1 APG. Keshawn Justice has 14.9 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG to lead the Broncos on the glass and PJ Pipes has 10.5 PPG with a team-high 4 APG to lead Santa Clara in the assist department and round out the group of double-digit scorers for Santa Clara so far this season. Parker Braun also has 8.8 PPG and 6.3 RPG for Santa Clara this season. As a team, Santa Clara is averaging 76.5 PPG on 48.8% shooting from the field, 37.6% from three and 77.8% from the foul line while allowing 67.9 PPG on 40.9% shooting from the field and 31.6% from three this season.

The Pacific Tigers will look to bounce back from a 73-51 loss at the hands of BYU in their last game. Alphonso Anderson leads the Tigers In scoring and rebounding with 10.4 PPG and 6 RPG while Luke Avdalovic and Jeremiah Bailey each have 10.3 PPG with Bailey logging 5.1 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Pacific so far this season. Pierre Crockrell II also has a team-high 4.2 APG to lead the Tigers in the assist department this season. As a team, Pacific is averaging 65.3 PPG on 42.1% shooting from the field, 33.8% from three and 67.7% from the foul line while allowing 67.7 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field and 37.6% from three this season.

Santa Clara is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games as a favorite. Pacific is 3-13 ATS in their last 16 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 6-1-1 in their last 8 home games.

I get the allure of a home underdog in most spots, but both teams are about even on the defensive end and while Pacific plays their best ball at home, they haven’t really beaten anyone. Santa Clara is a deep team that has a lot of size to make life difficult for Pacific and a talented starting lineup that could bury Pacific which I think they will. Give me Santa Clara here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Santa Clara -6.5

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