The Pacific Tigers will be at Leavey Center to take on the Santa Clara Broncos in a West Coast matchup. The game gets underway at 9:00 pm ET on Saturday, Feb. 27.
The Broncos got blown out by Saint Mary’s 75-50 on Thursday. Kai Healy put together a strong game for the Broncos, contributing 13 points and three rebounds. The Tigers are coming off a 79-70 win over San Francisco on Thursday. Eric Thompson shot 7 for 8 and led in scoring with 16 points.
This will be the second matchup of the season between these two teams. The Tigers won the first game 73-72. Despite the loss, Jared Brownridge was a top performer in the game with 36 points, four rebounds, four assists, one steal, one block, and eight three-pointers.
The Broncos look to improve upon their records of 10-19 Straight Up (SU) and 13-15-1 Against The Spread (ATS). Expect Santa Clara to have lots of opportunities at the line against the Tigers, who are one of the most foul-prone teams in the nation with an average of 22.9 fouls per game.
On the other side, the Tigers head into the game with records of 13-12 ATS and 8-19 SU. The last 10 games have really brought the worst out of the Tigers on the defensive end. They allowed 80.9 points per game during that span, which is higher than their season average of 71.8.
Pacific won the last meeting this season between these two teams, but Santa Clara still leads the head-to-head record, 6-4 SU, over their most recent matchups. Additionally, Santa Clara leads the matchup ATS with a record of 6-4. When it comes to field goals, rebounds, and three-pointers, Santa Clara held the edge in all three of these categories twice in the last five meetings. Pacific never did so in those games.
Predictions: SU Winner – SantaC, ATS Winner – SantaC
Notes
“Santa Clara is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games “.
“Santa Clara is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games “.
“The total has gone OVER in 7 of Santa Clara’s last 8 games “.
“Santa Clara is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home”.
“The total has gone OVER in 6 of Santa Clara’s last 8 games at home”.
“Santa Clara is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pacific”.
“Santa Clara is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Pacific”.
“Santa Clara is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Pacific”.
The Santa Clara Broncos and Pacific Tigers both hold losing records of 6-11 SU against teams in the West Coast Conference.
With 66.8 possessions and 1.008 points per possession, the Santa Clara Broncos perform worse on both metrics than the Pacific Tigers. Pacific averages 68.5 possessions and 1.018 points per possession.
Santa Clara has an average effective field goal percentage of 48.0%. Pacific is an abysmal 2-15 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
On average, Santa Clara attempts 21.0 three pointers and Pacific attempts 20.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, both have losing records. The Santa Clara Broncos are 6-15 while the Pacific Tigers are 4-11.
Santa Clara has forced an average turnover percentage of 16.8% this season. Pacific has a poor 6-12 record when its TO% is 16.8% or higher.
