California vs Clemson Picks and Prediction – 1/5/2025

The California Golden Bears take a long road trip Saturday with a game in Clemson, SC against the Clemson Tigers. California is one game above .500 on the year through 13 games played coming into Saturday having lost four of the last five including two in a row after a 12 point road loss to Pittsburgh. Offensively the Golden Bears are  scoring the balll well this season averaging 78.5 points on 45.3% shooting from the floor but have averaged just 62 points per game during their two game skid. Defensively California has been mediocre allowing 76.6 points per game this season and gave up 86 last time out. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Andrej Stojakovic leads California this season averaging 19.1 points per game. Jeremiah Wilkinson is second on the roster averaging 12.7 points in just under 21 minutes per game. Jovan Blacksher Jr averages 11.7 points and leads California this season averaging 3.6 assists. BJ Omot has averaged 10.8 points per game this season for California but has played four times. Mady Sissoko averages 6.5 points and leads the Golden Bears pulling in 6.7 rebounds per game.

The Clemson Tigers stay home Saturday with eleven wins and three losses on the year having won three of the last five including two in a row following a 14 point victory against Stanford in their last outing. Offensively Clemson is top tier averaging 78.4 points on 45.5% shooting from the floor. Defensively the Tigers are rolling as well holding opponents to just 66.8 points per game overall despite giving up 71 against Stanford.

Chase Hunter leads the Clemson offense this season averaging 17.2 points per game. Big man Ian Schieffelin averages 13.1 points to go along with a team high 11.1 rebounds. Victor Lahkin averages 11.5 points as the only other Clemson player on the roster averaging double digits. Jaeden Zackery averages 9.6 points and leads the Tigers averaging 3.3 assists per game.

Clemson is the better and deeper team coming into this game and will keep it going Saturday. Take the Tigers to do the work on both sides of the ball leading to the win. The size and depth of the Tigers will be the difference leading to the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, Clemson Tigers win and cover 78-63.