UC San Diego vs Cal State-Bakersfield 1/29/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The CSU-Bakersfield Roadrunners and the UC-San Diego Tritons meet in college basketball action from the RIMAC Arena on Saturday night.

The CSU-Bakersfield Roadrunners will look to rebound from a 57-52 loss to UC-Irvine last time out. Justin McCall leads the Roadrunners in scoring and rebounding with 10.3 PPG and 4.7 RPG while Kaleb Higgins has 9.1 PPG and 2 APG and Justin Edler-Davis has 9.4 PPG with 6 RPG of his own. As a team, CSU-Bakersfield is averaging 63.7 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field, 29.3% from three and 67.1% from the foul line while allowing 63.1 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 32.3% from three this season.

The UC-San Diego Tritons will look to bounce back from a 59-55 loss to Cal Poly last time out. Toni Rocak leads the Tritons in scoring and rebounding with 15.6 PPG and 6.9 RPG while Francis Nwaokone has 10.9 PPG with 5.4 RPG and Bryce Pope has 11.3 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for UCSD so far this season. Jace Roquemore leads the Tritons in assists with 2.8 APG this season. As a team, UC-San Diego is averaging 69.4 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 35.6% from three and 71.4% from the foul line while allowing 63.7 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field and 29.3% from three this season.

CSU-Bakersfield is 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 road games and 4-9-1 ATS in their last 14 games overall while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog. UC-San Diego is 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 home games and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games as a home favorite.

I get why you could look at the Roadrunners, as no one wants to lay points with a team on a losing streak. However, the Tritons were really close to getting the W in their last couple of games, only losing by a possession and I just don’t trust the Roadrunners with their 1-5 SU recod on the road, to get the win here. I’ll side with UC-San Diego at home here.