San Diego vs UC San Diego 12/12/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UC-San Diego Tritons and the San Diego Toreros meet in college basketball action from the Jenny Craig Pavilion on Monday night.

The UC-San Diego Tritons will look to build on their current three-game win streak after an 81-76 win over subdivision Bethesda last time out. Bryce Pope leads the Tritons in scoring with 20.2 PPG as the only double-digit scorer for UC-San Diego up to this point in the season. Francis Nwaokorie has a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Tritons on the glass while Roddie Anderson III has a team-high 3.6 APG to lead the Tritons in assists. As a team, UC-San Diego is averaging 66.9 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field, 27.3% from three and 67.8% from the foul line this season.

The San Diego Toreros will hope to bounce back from back-to-back losses after a 76-73 loss to Cal Baptist last time out. Jase Townsend leads the Toreros in scoring with 16.3 PPG along with 2.7 APG while Eric Williams Jr. has 15.2 PPG and a team-high 10.6 RPG to lead the Toreros on the glass, averaging a double-double per game. Marcellus Earlington has 12.1 PPG with 6.1 RPG and Jaiden Delaire has 10.7 PPG with 5.5 RPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for San Diego this season. Seikou Sisoho Jawara has 9.8 PPG with a team-high 4.2 APG to lead the Toreros in assists this season. As a team, San Diego is averaging 79 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field, 38.4% from three and 74.8% from the foul line this season.

The Tritons are 5-12 ATS in their last 17 road games and 3-9 ATS in their last 12 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 road games. The Toreros are 3-13-1 ATS in their last 17 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a win.

I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m going to take the points with the Tritons. The Tritons have thrived in the underdog role, not just covering, but winning outright in their last couple of games and while the Toreros should be favored at home, I think the line should be about half of what it is here. Give me the points and the Tritons of UC-San Diego here.