Fresno State vs. Santa Clara 11/25/21 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 11/24/2021 at 8:27 AM ET

On Wednesday, the Santa Clara Broncos will play the Fresno State Bulldogs at JSerra Pavilion in San Juan Capistrano, California as part of the SoCal Challenge. Santa Clara is off to a 5-0 start after defeating the TCU Horned Frogs 85-66 on Monday in the first round of the tournament. Jalen Williams was the leading scorer with 22 points, while PJ Pipes scored 17 .

Jalen Williams is the leading scorer for Santa Clara with an average of 20.2 points per game, while Keshawn Justice is the leading rebounder with an average of 8.0 rebounds per game and PJ Pipes is the leader in assists with an average of 4.2 per game. Santa Clara is scoring an average of 88.0 points per game while shooting 55.0% overall and 42.5% from three-point territory.

Fresno State is 4-0 following its 70-63 victory over the Pepperdine Waves on Monday in the first round of the tournament. Orlando Robinson and Isaiah Hill scored a combined 30 points in the victory for Fresno State. The Bulldogs shot 42.6% overall, outrebounded Pepperdine 27-25 and most importantly committed only 10 turnovers while Pepperdine committed 20.

Orlando Robinson is the leading scorer and rebounder for Fresno State with averages of 19.0 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, while Isaiah Hill is the second-leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 12.5 points and 4.0 assists per game. Fresno State is scoring an average of 74.3 points per game while shooting 47.9% overall and 32.1% from three-point territory.

Santa Clara and Fresno State are off to strong starts with a combined nine victories and no losses. However, Santa Clara has played a much tougher schedule with victories over CSU Fullerton, Stanford, Nevada, Cal Poly and most recently TCU and over that stretch of five games the Broncos are 4-0-1 ATS. in comparison, Fresno State has defeated little known Fresno Pacific, Long Island University, Idaho and Pepperdine. Final Score Prediction, Santa Clara Broncos win and cover ATS 91-78.

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