The UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos and the UC-Davis Aggies meet in a Big West conference tournament semi-final in college basketball action from the Michelob Ultra Arena on Friday night.
The UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos booked their spot in the semis with a 95-87 win over Long Beach State last time out. Josh Pierre-Louis led the Gauchos with 24 points on 9 of 10 shooting with 3 threes while JaQuori McLaughlin added 22 points on 6 of 12 shooting with a pair of threes and an 8 of 11 mark from the foul line with 5 rebounds. Amadou Sow had 20 points on 7 of 12 shooting with a team-high 9 rebounds and Ajare Sanni had 11 points with a team-high 4 assists and a pair of steals to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for UCSB in the winning effort last time out.
The UC-Davis Aggies reached the semis by virtue of their 58-56 win over CSU-Bakersfield last time out. Ezra Manjon led the Aggies with 16 points on 5 of 11 shooting with 4 rebounds while Elijah Pepper and Christian Anigwe each had 12 points with Pepper logging a pair of steals while Anigwe shot 5 of 6 from the field. Damion Squire also added 9 points with a team-high 4 assists as well in the victory for the Aggies.
UC-Santa Barbara is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 36-15 in their last 51 neutral site games. UC-Davis is 1-10-1 ATS in their last 12 neutral site games and 13-6-1 ATS in their last 20 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games overall.
I get that the Aggies barely got by Bakersfield and UCSB nailed Long Beach State, but this still feels like a ton of points to give up to a UC-Davis team that’s one of the better teams in the Big West and I ean UCSB hasn’t been blowing tams out of the water either. I’ll take my shot with the Aggies and the points here.