Cal State-Bakersfield vs UC San Diego 3/3/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UC-San Diego Tritons and the Cal State-Bakersfield Roadrunners meet in college basketball action from the Icardo Center on Thursday night.

The UC-San Diego Tritons will look to build on an 81-76 win over Cal State-Fullerton last time out. Toni Rocak leads the Tritons in scoring and rebounding with 14.8 PPG and 6.5 RPG while Francis Nwaokone has 11.5 PPG with 5.8 RPG and Bryce Pope has 12.4 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for UCSD so far this season. Jace Roquemore leads the Tritons in assists with 3.3 APG this season. As a team, UC-San Diego is averaging 69.9 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 36.2% from three and 73.7% from the foul line while allowing 70.2 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field and 31.8% from three this season.

The Cal State-Bakersfield Roadrunners will hope to bounce back from a 62-50 loss to Hawaii last time out. Justin McCall leads the Roadrunners in scoring and rebounding with 10.3 PPG and 4.4 RPG while Kaleb Higgins has 9.6 PPG and 2.3 APG and Justin Edler-Davis has 9.2 PPG with 6.4 RPG of his own. As a team, CSU-Bakersfield is averaging 64.3 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field, 28% from three and 72.4% from the foul line while allowing 67.1 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field and 35% from three this season.

UC-San Diego is 2-10 ATS in their last 12 road games and 1-8 ATS in their last 9 games as a road underdog while the under is 7-3 in their last 10 games following a win. Cal State-Bakersfield is 10-25-1 ATS in their last 36 home games and 7-18-1 ATS in their last 26 games overall while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 games following a loss.

I’m not rushing to back either of these teams if I’m being completely honest, so I’m looking at the under in this one. San Diego State’s a bit easier to trust offensively, but I could easily see this game being the first to 60 wins and as such, the under is the way to go for me here.