The Toledo Rockets and the UC-San Diego Tritons meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Ocean Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Toledo vs UC San Diego Prediction.
Toledo Recap
The Toledo Rockets come into this one looking to build on an 82-80 win over Jacksonville State last time out.
Rockets Looking To Win Boardwalk Battle
Sonny Wilson leads the Rockets in scoring, rebounding and assists with 19.2 PPG, 5 RPG and 4.4 APG while Javan Simmons has 13.4 PPG with 5 RPG and 3.4 APG. Sam Lewis has 14.2 PPG with 5 RPG and Isaiah Adams has 13.2 PPG with 5 RPG. Seth Hubbard has 10.4 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Toledo so far this season. As a team, Toledo is averaging 87 PPG on 50% shooting from the field, 35.2% from three and 75.7% from the foul line this season.
Why the Toledo Rockets will win
- Toledo has won each of its last five games.
UC-San Diego Recap
The UC-San Diego Tritons come into this one looking to add on to their 73-67 win over James Madison in Friday’s semifinal.
UCSD Out For Tournament Hardware
Tyler McGhie leads the Tritons in scoring with 19.8 PPG along with 4 RPG while Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones has 17.2 PPG with 5.4 RPG and 3.2 APG to lead the Tritons on the glass and Nordin Kapic has 12 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for UC-San Diego so far this season. Hayden Gray has 8.2 PPG with a team-high 4 APG and 3.8 SPG to lead the Tritons in assists and steals as well on the year. As a team, UC-San Diego is averaging 71.8 PPG on 40.5% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three and 67% from the foul line this season.
Why the UC San Diego Tritons will win
- UC San Diego has won four of its last five games.
- Toledo has lost each of its last five Saturday games played at neutral venues.
Toledo vs UC San Diego Prediction
I’m on UC-San Diego here. There’s no doubting how solid Toledo is, but I’ve liked this UC-San Diego team for some time now and think that they’re the rising star out of the Big West. They do everything fairly well and Toledo has had their lack of defense get in the way and make things a lot closer for the Rockets than you’d expect. I think UCSD gets the win and cover here to win the Boardwalk Battle tournament.