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Santa Clara vs St. Mary’s 12/31/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

St. Mary's Gaels (11-4) vs. Santa Clara Broncos (13-3)
December 31, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Santa Clara Broncos +5.5 / St. Mary's Gaels -5.5 ; Over/Under: -
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The Saint Mary’s Gaels and the Santa Clara Broncos meet Saturday in college basketball action from Leavey Center. Saint Mary’s is fresh off a Thursday matchup versus San Diego. In that one the Gaels managed a blowout victory. As for Santa Clara, they played San Francisco in their Thursday game. The Broncos ended up winning by 12 points. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.

St. Mary’s kicked off the season on a nice 6-0 run, then took consecutive losses to Washington, New Mexico and Houston. The Gaels went 4-1 in their next five with wins over Missouri State, San Diego State, New Mexico State and Wyoming. 

On Thursday versus San Diego, the Gaels didn’t have too many issues. Saint Mary’s posted 42 points in the first half and 43 more from there in an 85-58 blowout win. Tops in scoring was Mitchell Saxen with 20 points and 10 rebounds. 

Over on the Santa Clara side, they were 4-2 over their first six games with losses to Utah State and UCF. The Broncos would then hit an 8-1 run with wins over Iona, Wyoming, Sac State, New Mexico State, Portland State, UC Irvine, California and Boise State. 

Matched up against San Francisco on Thursday, the Broncos went into the break tied up at 38-38. Santa Clara hit a 41-29 run in the second and pulled off a 79-67 victory. Both Carlos Stewart and Brandin Podziemski scored 18 points apiece. 

PICK: I may try Santa Clara in this one. The Broncos are on a nice five-game win streak right now, and they’ve taken out some decent teams in that time. Santa Clara has hit 71 or more points in all five of those outings as well, so they’re doing pretty well offensively. As for Saint Mary’s, they’ve given up 62 or fewer points in three straight matchups. Santa Clara will have to press the issue on offense, but if they can get the scoring up early I can see the Broncos covering here. 

Andrew's Free Pick: Santa Clara Broncos +5.5

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Andrew has been writing about college, professional and fantasy sports betting since 2013. Andrew's goal is to break down the complicated numbers and trends into a language that's easily accessible to novice sports bettors and seasoned professionals alike.

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