UC-Santa Barbara vs Long Beach State 2/19/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Long Beach State Beach (15-9) vs. UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos (11-10)
February 19, 2022 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos -4.5 / Long Beach State Beach +4.5; Over/Under: +130
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The Long Beach State Beach and the UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos meet in college basketball action from the Thunderdome on Saturday night.
The Long Beach State Beach will look to build on their double-digit win streak after a 72-59 win over Cal State-Northridge last time out. Joel Murray leads the Beach in scoring and assists with 16 PPG and 2.8 APG while Colin Slater has 13.8 PPG and Jadon Jones has 10 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Long Beach State so far this season. Joe Hampton has 9.1 PPG and Aboubacar Traore has a team-high 8.2 RPG to lead the Beach on the glass this season. As a team, Long Beach State is averaging 73.7 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 72.2% from the foul line while allowing 72.3 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 33.2% from three this season.
The UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos will hope to bounce back from a 67-58 loss to Cal State-Fullerton last time out. Amadou Sow leads the Gauchos in scoring and rebounding with 14.9 PPG and 8.1 RPG while Miles Norris has 11.3 PPG with 5.2 RPG and Ajare Sanni has 10.3 PPG, 3 APG and 2.9 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for UCSB so far this season. Ajay Mitchell’s dished out a team-high 3.8 APG as well this season. As a team, UC-Santa Barbara is averaging 72.9 PPG on 48.8% shooting from the field, 33.1% from three and 70% from the foul line while allowing 64.5 PPG on 41% shooting from the field and 31.2% from three this season.
Long Beach State is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Saturday games and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games as an underdog. UC-Santa Barbara is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games as a home favorite.
I don’t know if I’m missing something here but why is Long Beach State an underdog here? The Beach are hot right now and the Gauchos have been average at best lately. Not to mention, head to head, the road team’s covered in 9 of 10 and the underdog’s covered in 5 of 6. If it’s a trap, I hope their net can hold some weight. Give me the Beach and the points.
