San Diego vs Santa Clara Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/25/23
Santa Clara Broncos (22-8) vs. San Diego Toreros (11-18)
February 25, 2023 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: San Diego Toreros +4.5 / Santa Clara Broncos -4.5 ; Over/Under: 161
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The Santa Clara Broncos and the San Diego Toreros meet Saturday in college basketball action from Jenny Craig Pavilion. Santa Clara played Pepperdine on Thursday in their last matchup. The Broncos went on to notch a nine-point victory. As for San Diego, they took on Gonzaga in their Thursday game. In that one the Toreros fell in blowout fashion. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
Santa Clara Broncos
Santa Clara put up a 16-6 record across their first 22 outings this year. The Broncos manatee a 5-2 run in the next seven with wins over San Francisco, San Diego, LMU, BYU and Portland following losses to Pacific and Gonzaga.
In the Pepperdine game on Thursday, the Broncos were ahead 40-36 after the first half. In the second, Santa Clara put up a 51-46 run and took the win 91-82. Brandin Podziemski led the team on a double-double with 23 points and 18 rebounds.
San Diego Toreros
Over on the San Diego side, they didn’t quite hit .500 out of the gate with a 9-11 record through 20 games. The Toreros won just two of the next eight games, falling to Portland, San Francisco, Portland again, Santa Clara, Pacific and Saint Mary’s in that time.
Matched up against Gonzaga in the Thursday game, the Toreros were down 48-31 going into the second half. San Diego was outscored 49-41 from there and lost 97-72. Jase Townsend was the top scorer on 15 points.
ANDREW’S FREE PICK
I’ll stick with Santa Clara here. You could make a case either way, though. The Broncos are sitting on a nice six-game win streak right now. Santa Clara has scored 71 or more points scored in each of those games and 80 or more in five of them. One of those victories came February 9 versus San Diego at Leavey Center. The Broncos were down 40-31 in that one but rallied to ultimately bag an 80-75 win. Santa Clara is going to have to get off to a much better start here but I think they can pull it off. Should be a pretty good game regardless.
