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Washington State (13-5) vs. San Diego (4-14)
January 16, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: San Diego +12.5; Over/Under: 153
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The Washington State Cougars and the San Diego Toreros meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Jenny Craig Pavilion. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a San Diego vs Washington State Prediction.

Washington State Recap

The Washington State Cougars come into this game looking to bounce back from back-to-back losses after an 88-75 loss at the hands of Gonzaga last time out to fall to 13-5 on the year. After this game, the Cougars will head home for a game against the Portland Pilots.



Cougars Drop Back-To-Back Games

Nate Calmese leads the Cougars in scoring and assists with 16.4 PPG and 4.6 APG along with 3.3 RPG while LeJuan Watts has 13.9 PPG with 8.1 RPG and 3.9 APG to lead the Cougars in the rebounding department so far this season. Dane Erikstrup has 12.5 PPG with 4.3 RPG while Isaiah Watts has 12.5 PPG with 4.8 RPG and Ethan Price has added 12.3 PPG with 5.9 RPG and 2.4 APG as well to cap off the scoring in double figures for Washington State so far this season. As a team, Washington State is averaging 81.9 PPG on 49.4% shooting from the field, 36.7% from three-point range, and 71% from the foul line this season.

Why the Washington State Cougars will win

  • San Diego has lost 10 of its last 11 games.
  • Washington State has won four of its last five games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

San Diego Recap

The San Diego Toreros come into this game looking to bounce back from a 103-56 win over Saint Mary’s last time out to fall to 4-14 on the year. After this game, San Diego will head on the road to start a road trip with a date with Loyola Marymount.

Toreros Lose 4th In A Row

KJay Bradley Jr. leads the Toreros in scoring and assists with 15.3 PPG and 3.7 APG along with 2.8 RPG and 1.8 SPG as the lone double-digit scorer for San Diego up to this point in the season. Santiago Trouet has 9.7 PPG with a team-high 8.3 RPG to lead the Toreros in rebounding while Steven Jamerson II also has 9.1 PPG with 7.1 RPG as well this season. Tony Duckett also has chipped In 7.1 PPG as well on the year. As a team, San Diego is averaging 66.8 PPG on 41% shooting from the field, 27.5% from behind the arc, and 72.1% from the foul line up to this point in the season.

Why the San Diego Toreros will win

  • Washington State has lost nine of its last 12 night games against the West Coast Conference.
  • The home team has won three of Washington State’s last four games.

Total Points Facts

  • Eleven of San Diego’s last 13 games against non-AP-ranked opponents have produced a total of 148 or fewer points.
  • Four of Washington State’s last five games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 162+ points.

San Diego vs Washington State Prediction

I’m on the Cougars of Washington State here. San Diego just doesn’t have the punch to hang around in a lot of these games, although they did cover against Gonzaga, I’m chalking that up to Gonzaga just not worrying about covering massive point spreads and the Zags getting pretty much the best effort from every team that they play this season. Washington State took a huge blow early in the year losing Cedric Coward, but I think that the Cougars have responded well to that adversity and will show up and get the job done in this game. Give me the Cougars in this one.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Washington State -12.5

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Chris Ruffolo

Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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