California vs Washington Basketball Picks 1-18-24

The Washington Huskies and the Cal Golden Bears meet in college basketball action from the Haas Pavilion on Thursday night. Two 2-4 Pac-12 teams go at it on Thursday night, who comes out on top? Let’s dive in and find out with our Washington vs. Cal Prediction.

Washington Team Preview

The Washington Huskies come into this one looking to bounce back from a 73-61 loss to UCLA last time out. Keion Brooks leads the Huskies in scoring and rebounding with 20.1 PPG and 7.1 RPG while Sahvir Wheeler has 16.5 PPG with 3.4 RPG and a team-high 6.3 APG to lead the Huskies in assists this season. Moses Wood has 11.1 PPG and Koren Johnson also has 10.2 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for the Huskies so far this season. Paul Mulcahy also has 3.8 APG as well on the year. As a team, Washington is averaging 80.5 PPG on 46.6% shooting from the field, 34.9% from three and 71.2% from the foul line this season. Washington will meet Stanford after this game.

Cal Team Preview

The Cal Golden Bears come into this game looking to rebound after an 80-73 loss to Oregon in their last game. Jaylon Tyson leads the Golden Bears in scoring and assists with 20.7 PPG and 3.1 APG in addition to 7.3 RPG while Fardaws Aimaq has 15.1 PPG with a team-high 10.5 RPG to lead Cal on the glass this season, averaging a double-double per game. Jalen Cone has 14.2 PPG while Keonte Kennedy has 10.2 PPG and 5.2 RPG with 2.5 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Cal so far this season. As a team, Cal is averaging 75.4 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 34.2% from three and 72.3% from the foul line this season.

Washington vs. Cal Prediction

I’m on Cal here. I really didn’t like how Washington looked against UCLA, and I think that Cal could get one over on the Huskies here as well. Cal’s started to pick up their play in recent games and have been competitive more often than not in conference play to this point. Give me Cal for a nice win at home in this one.