The San Jose State Spartans and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies meet in college basketball action from the Baha Mar Convention Center on Saturday.
The San Jose State Spartans will look to bounce back from a 69-54 loss to North Texas last time out. Omari Moore leads the Spartans in scoring with 16.2 PPG along with 6.4 RPG and 3.6 APG while Alvaro Cardenas has 12.2 PPG with a team-high 4 APG to lead the Spartans in assists. Sage Tolbert III also has 10 PPG with a team-high 9.4 RPG to lead the Spartans in rebounding, capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for San Jose State so far this season. As a team, San Jose State is averaging 72.2 PPG on 48.1% shooting from the field, 36.4% from behind the three-point line and 60.6% from the foul line this season.
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies will look to bounce back after a 78-70 loss to Long Beach State last time out. Trey Townsend leads the Golden Grizzlies in scoring with 18.8 PPG along with 6.6 RPG while Keaton Harvey has 14.4 PPG along with 8.4 RPG to lead Oakland on the glass as the Golden Grizzlies’ top rebounder. Jalen Moore also has 12.8 PPG along with 6.8 APG to lead Oakland in the assist department while Blake Lampman has 11.4 PPG and Rocket Watts has 10 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Oakland so far this season. As a team, Oakland is averaging 81.3 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field, 35.1% from three and 72% from the foul line so far this season.
I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m looking at the over here. San Jose State’s really picked up the scoring in a lot of their recent games, and whether it’s by their choice or their opponent, Oakland has played in a ton of high-scoring games so far this season, already hitting four overs in their first five games. San Jose State’s also hit three straight overs, so lets add to those totals with an over here.