Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo vs Stanford Picks and Prediction – 12/1/2024

The Cal Poly Mustangs will be on the road Saturday with the game in Stanford against the Stanford Cardinal. Cal Poly has struggled this season coming into Saturday with four wins and four losses on the year following a narrow 3 point victory against Grambling last time out to end the two game skid. The Mustangs offense has carried the team this season averaging 8.5 points on 47.3% shooting from the floor. Mustangs’ defense has replicated the offense allowing 80.5 points per game overall this year. Stay up to date with our College Basketball Picks.

Jarred Hyder leads Cal Poly this season averaging 14.2 points and 3.2 assists per game. Owen Koonce averages 14 points and leads the team pulling in 4.9 rebounds. Isaac Jessup  averages 13.3 points but has played in seven games and Mac Riniker averages 10.9 points as the fourth player on the roster averaging double digits.

The Stanford Cardinal will stay at home Saturday with six wins and one loss in the year following the seven-point loss to Grand Canyon to end a 6 game-winning streak. Offensively Stanford has been solid this season averaging 78 points on 43.4% shooting but scored just 71 in their loss to Grand Canyon. Defensively the Cardinal have held their own allowing 64.9 points per game but gave up 78 points last time out.

Maxime Raynaud leads the Stanford offense this season, averaging 23.7 points and 12.6 rebounds per game. Jalen Blakes averages 15.4 points to go along with the team-high 5.3 assists. Oziyah Sellers is third on the team averaging 14.4 points in nearly 33 minutes per game.  Benny Gealer averages 7.6 points and Ryan Agarwal averages 6.9 points per game. Chisom Okpara adds in heavily for Stanford this season averaging 4.4 points in just over 15 minutes per contest.

Stanford is the more talented team in this matchup and will get back to their winning ways on Saturday. Look for the Cardinal to bounce back from their recent victory against a terrible Cal Poly team. Stanford will use their strengths on both sides of the ball and lean on their home crowd to pick up the victory. Take Stanford to roll Saturday to an easy win and cover at home. Final Score Prediction, Stanford Cardinal win and cover 84-63.

• Stanford are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games.
• The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Stanford's last 8 games.