Portland vs Pepperdine Picks and Prediction – 2/18/2024

By: Danaiel Henderson |

Last Updated: 02/16/2024 at 10:34 PM ET

Pepperdine vs Portland Prediction and Picks - 2/17/24
Game Start: 2/18/2024, 3:00 AM UTC
Latest Odds: PEP -6.5 ; 153.5

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This Saturday evening at 10 PM Eastern, February 17th, 2024 the Portland Pilots are set to face the Pepperdine Waves in Malibu, California at the Firestone Fieldhouse. Get ready for the college basketball season with our college basketball picks and best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!

The Portland Pilots are 9-18 playing in the West Coast Conference. Offensively the Pilots are averaging 72 points, 34 rebounds and 13 assists. Defensively the Pilots are allowing 80 points, and are averaging 2.3 blocks and 4.4 steals.

Key players for the Pilots are scoring leader Tyler Robinson averaging 15 points. Leading the Pilots in rebounds is Tyler Harris averaging 7.4 rebounds and assist leader for the Pilots is Tyler Harrison with 3.8 assists per game.

The Pepperdine Waves 10-17, sitting in 8th place in the West Coast Conference. Offensively the Waves are averaging 72.5 points, 34 rebounds and 13 assists. Defensively the Waves are allowing 73 points, and are averaging 3 blocks and 5 steals.

Key players for the Waves are scoring leader Micheal Ayayi averaging 17 points and 9 rebounds per games. The assist leader for the Waves is Ethan Anderson with 3.5 assists per game.

Portland vs Pepperdine Prediction

Portland vs Pepperdine Pick Analysis

Betting Trends for Pepperdine vs Portland

Portland

The Pilots are 2-3 SU in their last 5 games.
The Under is 3-2 in the Pilots last 5 games.

Pepperdine

The Waves are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.
The Over is 3-2 in the Waves last 5 games

Our Free NCAA Basketball Pick for Pepperdine vs Portland

Over 153.5

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We think this will be a close game gsme coming down to the last few possessions in regulation play. But ultimately we feel the Waves will take the victory but for our best bet we like the over as both teams have efficient offenses and both should be able to scorethe ball fairly well. Thus making our best bet the Over 153.5. Final score prediction, the Pepperdine Waves win, the Portland Pilots cover the spread and the total goes over 80-76.

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