Portland vs Pacific 1/27/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Pacific Tigers and the Portland Pilots meet in college basketball action from the Chiles Center on Thursday night.

The Pacific Tigers will look to bounce back from a six-game losing skid after a 73-65 loss to San Diego last time out. Luke Avdalovic leads the Tigers in scoring with 11.6 PPG while Alphonso Anderson has 10.9 PPG with a team-high 6.2 RPG to lead the Tigers on the glass and to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Pacific so far this season. Jeremian Bailey has 9.3 PPG with 5.3 RPG and 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 65.6 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 67% from the foul line while allowing 68.9 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field and 38.5% from three this season.

The Portland Pilots will try to bounce back from back-to-back defeats after a 78-65 loss to BYU last time out. Chris Austin leads the Pilots in scoring with 14.5 PPG along with 5.3 RPG while Tyler Robertson’s got 14 PPG with a team-high 3.9 APG to lead the Pilots in the assist department this season. Moses Wood has 13.9 PPG with a team-high 6.3 RPG to lead Portland on the boards and Mike Meadows has 10.9 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 3.5 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Portland so far this season. As a team, Portland is averaging 73.2 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 34.1% from three and 80.1% from the foul line while allowing 71.6 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 33.1% from three this season.

Pacific is 0-8 ATS in their last 8 road games and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 games overall. Portland is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 7-18-1 ATS in their last 26 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following an ATS win.

I get the case to be made for either side here but ultimately, I have to side with Portland here. I’m not siding with a Pacific team that’s not only 0-6 SU, but are also 0-6 ATS on the road this season. Portland hasn’t been great, but they play their best at home and only having to lay a bucket with the Pilots at home has to be the play here.