The Bellarmine Knights and UCLA Bruins meet Sunday in college basketball action at the Pauley Pavilion. The Bellarmine Knights have lost 3 straight games. The UCLA Bruins look for their fifth victory.
The Bellarmine Knights are averaging 65 points on 44.4 percent shooting and allowing 67.3 points on 40.5 percent shooting. Peter Suder is averaging 12.5 points and 3.8 rebounds, while Garrett Tipton is averaging 10 points and 1.2 assists. Bash Wieland is the third double-digit scorer and Curt Hopf is grabbing 2.7 rebounds. The Bellarmine Knights are shooting 32.8 percent from beyond the arc and 75 percent from the free throw line. The Bellarmine Knights are allowing 37.6 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 26.7 rebounds per game.
The UCLA Bruins are averaging 83.3 points on 49.1 percent shooting and allowing 64.5 points on 41.4 percent shooting. Jaylen Clark is averaging 15.7 points and 7.7 rebounds, while Jaime Jaquez Jr. is averaging 15 points and 5.8 rebounds. Tyger Campbell is the third double-digit scorer and David Singleton is dishing 1.3 assists. The UCLA Bruins are shooting 41.9 percent from beyond the arc and 70 percent from the free throw line. The UCLA Bruins are allowing 28.5 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.7 rebounds per game.
The Knights are 11-3-1 ATS in their last 15 road games and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The Bruins are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 11-5 ATS in their last 16 Sunday games. The under is 6-2 in Knights last 8 road games. The over is 4-1 in Bruins last 5 overall.
The UCLA Bruins obviously have the horses to blow this game open, but this is a bit of a trap spot after games against Illinois and Baylor and with Stanford on deck. The Bellarmine Knights are also a battle tested club that beat Louisville on the road and played teams like Duke and Clemson. With its past schedule, Bellarmine shouldn’t be intimated of a road game against a ranked team. I’ll take a shot with the points.