Santa Clara vs Pacific 1/31/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Pacific Tigers will travel to the Leavey Center to take on the Santa Clara Broncos this Monday night in College Basketball action.

The Pacific Tigers snapped their 7-game losing streak and improved to 6-13 on the season after upsetting the BYU Cougars, 76-73, this past Saturday. Pacific was outstanding defensively against BYU and was able to hold on for the victory after taking a 62-50 lead with 6:04 left in regulation. Pacific shot 40.7% from the field & 40.9% from beyond the arc while allowing BYU to shoot 42.4% from the field & 31.8% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Tigers was Jeremiah Bailey who had a double-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, & 1 steal.

On the season, Pacific is averaging 65.6 ppg on 41.6% shooting from the field. The Tigers are averaging 6.5 three-pointers per game on 34.3% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Pacific has been led by Alphonso Anderson (11.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.1 spg), Jeremiah Bailey (9.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.4 spg), Nick Blake (8.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.0 apg), & Pierre Crockrell II (7.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.3 spg).

Defensviely, Pacific is allowing their opponents to average 68.9 ppg on 44.3% shooting from the field. The Tigers have a rebound margin of -1.1 and a turnover margin of 1.4.

The Santa Clara Broncos had their 2-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 13-8 on the season after being defeated by the San Francisco Dons, 88-85, this past Saturday. Santa Clara gave San Francisco everything they could handle on their home court, however, the Broncos could not fight back for the victory after the Dons took an 82-77 lead with 2:05 left in regulation. Santa Clara shot 50.8% from the field & 40.0% from beyond the arc while allowing San Francisco to shoot 48.5% from the field & 40.9% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Broncos was Jalen Williams who had 23 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, & 1 block.

On the season, Santa Clara is averaging 77.1 ppg on 48.5% shooting from the field. The Broncos are averaging 7.2 three-pointers per game on 37.4% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Santa Clara has been led by Jalen Williams (18.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.2 spg), Josip Vrankic (14.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.5 spg), Keshawn Justice (14.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 2.6 apg), & PJ Pipes (10.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.3 apg).

Defensviely, Santa Clara is allowing their opponents to an average of 72.1 ppg on 43.2% shooting from the field. The Broncos have a rebound margin of -1.3 and a turnover margin of 0.9.

The Tigers are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games & 0-8 ATS in their last 8 road games. The Broncos are 6-4 ATS in their last 10 games, however, are just 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Monday home games.

Pacific has really struggled on both ends of the court this season and come into this game ranked 300^th in scoring defense, 290^th in FG%, & 258^th in defensive FG%. Santa Clara has been led by their offense which ranks 54^th in scoring offense, 17^th in FG%, & 30^th in 3P-FG%, however, the Broncos have struggled a bit on the defensive end and come into this game ranked just 260^th in scoring defense & t-195^th in defensive FG%.

Pacific is coming off their most impressive victory of the season against BYU, however, this is still a Tigers team that has struggled overall this season and come into this game with an 0-7 record. Santa Clara is one of the better WCC teams this season with an offense that can give any team trouble and after seeing the Broncos defeat Pacific by an 84-70 margin on the road earlier this season, I think Santa Clara does even better in this one and covers this large home spread. Good Luck!