UC Riverside vs San Diego 12/20/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
San Diego Toreros (6-6) vs. UC Riverside Highlanders (6-4)
December 20, 2022 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: UC Riverside Highlanders -4.5 / San Diego Toreros +4.5; Over/Under: +143.5
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The San Diego Toreros and the UC-Riverside Highlanders meet in college basketball action from the SRC Arena on Tuesday night.
The San Diego Toreros will look to rebound from a 91-67 loss to Arizona State last time out. Jase Townsend leads the Toreros in scoring with 15.2 PPG along with 2.9 APG while Eric Williams Jr. has 14.9 PPG and a team-high 10.4 RPG to lead the Toreros on the glass, averaging a double-double per game. Marcellus Earlington has 12.8 PPG with 6 RPG and Seikou Sisoho Jawara has 10.5 PPG with a team-high 3.6 APG to lead the Toreros in assists and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers so far this season. As a team, San Diego is averaging 78.4 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field, 39.5% from three and 72.8% from the foul line this season.
The UC-Riverside Highlanders will try to bounce back from a 71-65 loss to Oregon in their last game. Zyon Pullin leads the Highlanders in scoring with 19.5 PPG along with 4.6 RPG and 3.4 APG to also lead UC-Riverside in assists while Flynn Cameron has 11.1 PPG with a team-high 5.7 RPG to cap off the pair of double-digit scorers for UC-Riverside up to this point in the season. As a team, UC-Riverside is averaging 72.3 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 68.8% from the foul line this season.
San Diego is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 road games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 Tuesday games. UC-Riverside is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 37-18-2 ATS in their last 57 games following a loss while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 home games.
I get the reasoning being on either side here, but I like the over a lot in this one. Both teams have found themselves in a lot of high-scoring games as of late and San Diego’s had issues keeping the defensive pressure up for a lot of games this season. UC-Riverside’s been able to match a lot of faster-paced offensive units as well this year, so give me the over in this one.
