BYU vs Portland 1/22/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Portland Pilots (10-8) vs. BYU Cougars (16-4)
January 22, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: BYU Cougars -19.5 / Portland Pilots +19.5; Over/Under: -141.5
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The Portland Pilots and the BYU Cougars meet in college basketball action from the Marriott Center on Saturday night.
The Portland Pilots will look to rebound from a 70-58 loss to Loyola Marymount last time out. Chris Austin leads the Pilots in scoring with 14.7 PPG along with 5.4 RPG while Tyler Robertson’s got 13.9 PPG with team-highs of 6.4 RPG and 3.9 APG to lead the Pilots on the glass and in the assist department this season. Moses Wood has 14.2 PPG with 6.1 RPG and Mike Meadows has 11 PPG with 3.6 RPG and 3.6 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Portland so far this season. As a team, Portland is averaging 73.7 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field, 34.1% from three and 81.6% from the foul line while allowing 71.3 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field and 32.9% from three this season.
The BYU Cougars will look to build on their 79-71 win over San Diego last time out. Alex Barcello leads the Cougars with 17.2 PPG while Fousseyni Traore has a team-high 8 RPG to lead the Cougars on the glass and Te’Jon Lucas has 10.1 PPG with a team-high 4.7 APG to lead the Cougars in the assist department and to make up the other half of the pair of double-digit scorers for BYU so far this season. As a team, BYU is averaging 73.8 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 36.1% from three and 74% from the foul line while allowing 65.1 PPG on 39.9% shooting from the field and 28.1% from three this season.
Portland is 9-2 ATS in their last 11 road games and 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games as an underdog while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall. BYU is 13-4-1 ATS in their last 18 Saturday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a losing road record while the over is 7-3 in their last 10 games as a favorite.
I get that BYU is the better team here and that the Cougars have been pouring it on at home in certain spots, but the Cougars barely got by San Diego last time out and while Portland doesn’t have the greatest record, the Pilots have been battling hard and barely missed out on a cover against Loyola Marymount. The Pilots have some hope, especially getting boatloads of points like this. Give me Portland and the points here.
