Loyola Marymount vs UC Davis 11/12/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UC-Davis Aggies and the Loyola Marymount Lions meet in college basketball action from the Gersten Pavilion on Saturday night.

The UC-Davis Aggies will try to build on their 2-0 start after a 90-67 win over subdivision Cal Maritime last time out. Ty Johnson led the way with 20 points on 7 of 12 shooting with a team-high 4 steals while Christian Anigwe and Kane Milling each had 13 points with Anigwe shooting 5 of 8 from the floor while Milling went 6 of 11. Jac Mani added 11 points to cap off the scoring in double figures for the Aggies in the win while Robby Beasley III added 5 points with a team-high 9 rebounds and 5 assists and Leo DeBruhl had 9 points with 5 rebounds and a team-high 6 assists.

The Loyola Marymount Lions will be out to rebound from an 81-79 loss to UC-Riverside last time out. Cam Shelton led the way with 23 points on 9 of 16 shooting with 5 threes and a team-high 4 steals with 3 assists and 5 rebounds while Alex Merkviladze added 18 points on 7 of 13 shooting with a pair of threes and a team-high 8 rebounds. Keli Leaupepe added 16 points to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for LMU in the loss while Justin Ahrens and Jalin Anderson each had a team-high 4 assists as well in the defeat.

UC-Davis is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 1-6-1 Ats in their last 8 games following a win while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 Saturday games. Loyola Marymount is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 Saturday games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.

I get why you’d look at the Lions being at home, but the issue I have with it is that the Lions collapsed against UC-Riverside last time out and it was just a bad look for LMU. UC-Davis dominated Cal in their opener and I just think side-by-side, UC-Davis is the better team and when you can get the better team with points, that’s always a good thing. Give me UC-Davis here.