The San Diego Toreros and the Portland Pilots meet in college basketball action from the Chiles Center on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Portland is listed as a 4.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -210. The total for this game is set at 160.5 points.
Injuries
Jaiden Delaire remains out indefinitely with a hand injury for San Diego while Michael Meadows is questionable for this game for Portland with an undisclosed injury.
Matchup history
Portland has won back-to-back meetings in this series with a 73-55 win over San Diego back on March 4th, 2022.
Trends
San Diego is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 road games and 7-19-1 ATS in their last 27 games overall while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 Thursday games. Portland is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss while the over is 13-3-1 in their last 17 games against a team with a losing record.
Pick
I’m on the over here. It’s a sky high total, but I think it’s that high for a reason. These two teams have been horrendous defensively and but can still put points on the board. All in all, I’m expecting a track meet here with little to no defense being played. Give me the over.