It will be a battle between West Coast opponents when the Loyola Marymount Lions (9-10) welcome the San Diego Toreros (6-12) to Albert Gersten Pavilion. Action begins at 6:00 pm ET on Saturday, Jan. 23.
The Lions are hoping for a better outcome after their 91-80 loss to BYU on Thursday. Adom Jacko had a good game in defeat for Loyola Marymount, recording 26 points and 12 rebounds to earn his fifth double-double of the season. The Toreros, meanwhile, are feeling some disappointment after their demoralizing 76-58 loss at the hands of Pepperdine on Thursday. Brett Bailey posted nine points, five rebounds, and two assists.
Loyola Marymount is a seven-point favorite in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is set at 133 points. The Lions are trying to improve upon their records of 9-10 Straight Up (SU) and 10-8 Against The Spread (ATS). Loyola Marymount is one of the most disciplined teams in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.30.
On the other side, San Diego has a SU record of 6-12 and an ATS record of 7-10.
This game marks the first time these teams will play this season. The last time these conference foes played, Loyola Marymount won, but the win was not enough to overtake San Diego in their recent head-to-head series. Its record is now 4-6 SU over the last few meetings. Additionally, San Diego holds the advantage ATS with a record of 7-3. When it comes to field goals, rebounds, or three-pointers, neither team was able to hold the advantage in all three of these categories over their past five meetings against one another.
Predictions: SU Winner – LyMnt, ATS Winner – LyMnt, O/U – Over
Notes
Loyola Marymount is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games.
Loyola Marymount is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Loyola Marymount’s last 6 games when playing San Diego.
Loyola Marymount is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing San Diego.
Loyola Marymount is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing San Diego.
Loyola Marymount is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Diego.
The Loyola Marymount Lions and San Diego Toreros both hold losing records against teams in the West Coast Conference. Loyola Marymount sits at 2-6 in these matchups and San Diego has a 1-6 record.
On average, Loyola Marymount has 69.3 possessions per game and scores 1.029 points on each possession. San Diego has both fewer possessions (65.7) and scores fewer points during those possessions (.924).
Loyola Marymount has an average effective field goal percentage of 47.8%. San Diego is an abysmal 1-12 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
Loyola Marymount ranks 62nd in assists, registering 15.7 per game. San Diego performs worse at 297th with 11.5 assists per game.
Loyola Marymount ranks 83rd in offensive rebounding. San Diego ranks 325th in defensive rebounding.
Loyola Marymount has forced an average turnover percentage of 21.0% this season. San Diego has a losing 2-4 record when its TO% is 21.0% or higher.
