UNLV vs California College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/13/2021

The Cal Golden Bears and the UNLV Rebels meet in college basketball action from the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday night.

The Cal Golden Bears will be looking to rebound from a shocking 80-67 loss to UC-San Diego to start their season.Jordan Shepherd led the Golden Bears with 20 points including 4 threes and 4 steals while Andre Kelly had 17 points on 7 of 13 shooting with a team-high 12 rebounds for the double-double and Joel Brown added 10 points to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Cal in the losing effort. As a team, Cal shot 40% from the field, 27.8% from three and 58.3% from the foul line in the losing effort.

The UNLV Rebels will be out to build on a season-opening 64-58 win over Gardner-Webb in their last game. Bryce Hamilton led the way with 22 points on just 8 of 25 shooting while Royce Hamm Jr. added 18 points on 7 of 12 shooting with 17 rebounds for a monstrous double-double. Donovan Williams had 10 points with 6 rebounds to cap off the scoring in double digits for UNLV in the win. As a team, UNLV shot 30.3% from the field, 6% from three and 81.5% from the foul line in the losing effort.

Cal is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a double-digit loss at home and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 9-3 in their last 12 Saturday games. UNLV is 4-12 ATS in their last 16 games overall and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 home games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following an ATS loss.

This game features two teams that had disappointing starts to their seasons, with Cal losing outright to the Tritons of UC-San Diego and UNLV narrowly getting by Gardner-Webb. With that said, I’m leaning towards the under here as I could see this being another slopfest where both teams struggle to score and this could be the first to 65 wins if we even get there. Give me the under.