San Diego vs St. Mary’s Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/16/23

The Saint Mary’s Gaels and the San Diego Toreros meet in college basketball action from the Jenny Craig Pavilion on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Saint Mary’s is listed as a 13.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -1100. The total for this game is set at 137.5 points.

Injuries

Saint Mary’s doesn’t have any new names on the injury list while Jaiden Delaire is questionable for this game with a hand injury. Seikou Sisoho-Jawara and Eric Williams Jr. are also questionable for this game as well for the Toreros.

Matchup History

Saint Mary’s 85-58 win over San Diego back on December 29^th, 2022 made it 17 straight wins for the Gaels in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Saint Mary’s is 11-5-2 ATS in their last 18 games overall and 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 Thursday games while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 Thursday games. San Diego is 4-17 ATS in their last 21 games after allowing 90+ points in their previous game and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games after scoring 90+ in their previous game while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a loss.

Pick

I’m backing Saint Mary’s here. The Gaels have been the best team in the WCC this season and now there’s little margin for error from the Gaels with a rematch with Gonzaga looming down the road and if everything holds to form going into that game, it’ll likely be for the WCC regulat season title. San Diego just doesn’t have it defensively and against this Gaels defense, I don’t know if the offense will have enough to keep them in it. Give me the Gaels laying the points here.