Fresno State vs Utah State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/6/21

The Utah State Aggies and the Fresno State Bulldogs meet in Mountain West conference college basketball action from the Save Mart Center on Saturday night.

The Utah State Aggies will look to build on a 14-5 mark this year after a 69-53 win over Fresno State last time out. Neemias Queta leads the Aggies in scoring and rebounding with 12.5 PPG and 9.1 RPG while Marco Anthony has 11.2 PPG and 5.3 RPG with 2.6 APG and Justin Bean has 10.1 PPG and 7.3 RPG to make up the group of three double-digit scorers for Utah State heading into this rematch with Fresno State. Brock Miller has 9.8 PPG and Rollie Worster has 9.6 PPG as well as a team-high 3.4 APG this season. As a team, Utah State is averaging 74.8 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field, 35% from 3-point range and 71.9% from the foul line while giving up 61.3 PPG on 38.5% shooting from the field and 33.4% from 3-point land this season.

The Fresno State Bulldogs will try to bounce back and salvage a split with Utah State after their loss last time out. Orlando Robinson leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 15 PPG and 9.6 RPG while Deon Stroud has 12.5 PPG to make up Fresno State’s duo of double-digit scorers up to this point in the season. Isaiah Hill also has 9.6 PPG as well as a team-high 3.3 APG this season. As a team, Fresno State is averaging 67.6 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field, 29.8% from 3-point range and 63.1% from the foul line while allowing 67.6 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 32.7% from 3-point range this season.

Utah State is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 road games and 11-2 ATS in their last 13 games overall while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games as a road favorite. Fresno State is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games as an underdog while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 home games. The road team is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings between these two teams.

This feels like a lot of points to give up on the surface, but the Aggies just beat Fresno State by 16 a couple of nights ago and while it’s hard to beat the same team twice in a back-to-back, the Aggies are just the far better team here. I think that Fresno State is just in a lot of trouble in this spot, so I’ll lay the points with Utah State in this one.