San Diego at Portland 1/18/20 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

By: Jim |

Last Updated: 01/17/2020 at 9:30 PM ET

Someone's losing streak will end when San Diego plays at Portland this weekend. San Diego (7-13, 0-5) has lost five straight games and is last in the West Coast Conference. Portland (9-10, 1-3) has lost two in a row and seven of its last eight.

The Portland Pilots are averaging 68.3 points and are giving up 68.1 points per game. The Pilots are near the bottom nationally at rebounding, at 32.9 per game. San Diego is averaging 66.8 points and giving up 71.5 per game. The Toreros are not much better at rebounding, averaging 34.

Portland is led by Isaiah White at 12.3 points per game. Malcolm Porter and JoJo Walker are averaging 10 per game. Tahirou Diabate leads the rebounders at 4.6 per game. Three starters have more than 25 three-pointers, and Porter has made 20. The team has 131 and is shooting 37 percent from there. The Pilots are shooting 44 percent inside the arc. Diabate is the only player shooting better than 50 percent.

San Diego has two players in double figures. Braun Hartfield is averaging 13.6 points and 6.1 rebounds. Joey Calcaterra is averaging 12.7 points. Calcaterra has made 37 threes and Hartfield has made 32 and both are at about 35 percent. The team has 138 three-pointers and is shooting 32 percent. The Toreros are shooting 42 percent inside. Calcaterra is shooting 83 percent from the foul line, but the team is shooting 67 percent from there.

San Diego won 21 games last year, reached the NIT and beat Portland twice. San Diego has won its last six games at Portland.

San Diego is facing a Portland team that has played good at times, but still keeps coming up short in the games. The Toreros are 8-2 in their last 10 games, but the Pilots are 2-8. The Toreros do not score as many points per game as Portland, but the defense does play better and that will definitely make the difference in the game here for San Diego. Final Score Prediction, San Diego Toreros win 68-59.

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