USC vs Utah 1/14/23 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Utah Utes and USC Trojans meet Saturday in college basketball action at the Galen Center. The Utah Utes look for their 13th win. The USC Trojans look for their 13th win.

The Utah Utes are averaging 73.6 points on 45.9 percent shooting and allowing 60.6 points on 35.7 percent shooting. Branden Carlson is averaging 15.1 points and 7.3 rebounds, while Gabe Madsen is averaging 13.4 points and 3.1 rebounds. Marco Anthony is the third double-digit scorer and Rollie Worster is grabbing 5.5 rebounds. The Utah Utes are shooting 36 percent from beyond the arc and 68.7 percent from the free throw line. The Utah Utes are allowing 25.6 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 38.6 rebounds per game.

The USC Trojans are averaging 71.4 points on 46.1 percent shooting and allowing 66.3 points on 38 percent shooting. Boogie Ellis is averaging 15.7 points and 2.3 assists, while Drew Peterson is averaging 13.7 points and 5.1 assists. Reese Dixon-Waters is dishing 1.1 assists and Joshua Morgan is grabbing 5.3 rebounds. The USC Trojans are shooting 31.6 percent from beyond the arc and 71.6 percent from the free throw line. The USC Trojans are allowing 33.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.1 rebounds per game.

The Utes are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games. The Trojans are 8-19 ATS in their last 27 home games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The under is 5-1 in Utes last 6 road games. The under is 34-16-1 in Trojans last 51 Saturday games.

The Utah Utes are a feisty team that gets after it defensively and has proven itself on the road this season. The issue is Utah lacks the top level talent offensively to really scare USC. The USC Trojans has the scoring options to eventually open this game up, especially at home, where they win by an average of 7.9 points. I’ll lay the reasonable number.