Cal Poly ranks 11th among 361 Division teams with 130 3-pointers, which checking in at 21st with 30.3 attempts from behind the arc, and 28th with 10.8 made triples per outing. G Hamad Mousa leads the Big West Conference with 20.1 points per game (PPG) through 11 appearances. The Mustangs are just 1-3-1 against the spread (ATS) in the past 5 games, while the Over is 7-1 across the previous 8 outings.
UCLA topped Arizona State 90-77 in a Pac-12 reunion game last time out on Wednesday. The Bruins covered as 10-point favorites, as G Donovan Dent led the way with 20 points, while F Tyler Bilodeau and G Skyy Clark chipped in with 18 points. Clark had 6 triples on 10 attempts while adding 2 steals.
UCLA is 2-0-1 ATS in the past 3 games and the Over is 5-1 across the previous 6 outings.
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Cal Poly at UCLA odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Cal Poly +3000 (bet $100 to win $3,000) | UCLA -10000 (Bet $10,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread: Cal Poly +24.5 (-105) | UCLA -24.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 160.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Cal Poly at UCLA picks and predictions
Prediction
UCLA 93, Cal Poly 69
PASS.
Nothing to see here — move along.
CAL POLY +24.5 (-110) is a solid play, as the Mustangs are a streaky 3-point shooting team capable of hanging there.
Yes, the Mustangs are 2 games under .500, but they’ve scored 80 or more points in 8 of their 12 games, including a 92-85 outright win at Utah on Nov. 20 as a 14-point underdog, and a 73-71 win on Nov. 8 at Seattle as a 10-point dog. Cal Poly won’t be fazed at Pauley. In fact, Cal Poly is 3-1 ATS as a double-digit dog, with the 2 outright wins.
UCLA is 2-3 ATS this season in games as a favorite of 24.5 or more points.
OVER 160.5 (-110) is a rather low number given the offense on both ends.
The Over is 5-1 in the past 6 games for UCLA and the Bruins just dropped 90 points on Maui Invitational runner-up Arizona State, who is no slouch.
Cal Poly has scored 80 or more points in 4 in a row and has 79+ points in 8 of the past 9 outings, going high at a 7-1 clip in the previous 8 contests.
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