Loyola Marymount Lions vs Santa Clara Broncos Prediction, 2/20/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Loyola Marymount Lions vs Santa Clara Broncos

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025

Location: Leavey Center in Columbus, OH

TV: ESPN+

Leavey Center is the site where the Santa Clara Broncos (17-10) will take on the Loyola Marymount Lions (15-11) on Thursday.

The Loyola Marymount Lions played Pacific and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 83-58 in their last game. In regard to personal fouls, the Lions ended up walking away with 11 and Pacific racked up 16 personal fouls. They also converted 9 of their 23 attempts from 3-point land. Pacific ended up shooting 80.0% from the free throw line by converting 8 of their 10 tries. Furthermore, Pacific snagged 36 boards (5 offensive, 31 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Pacific doled out 12 assists and had 6 steals in this contest. Regarding defense, Loyola Marymount let their opponent shoot 56.9% from the field on 33 of 58 shooting. They also recorded 6 assists for this contest as well as creating 10 turnovers and getting 7 steals. When discussing grabbing boards, they collected a total of 22 with 5 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Lions converted 15 of their 16 attempts for a percentage of 93.8%. Loyola Marymount ended the game with a 33.9% field goal percentage (19 out of 56) and converted 5 of their 24 three-point attempts.

Caleb Stone-Carrawell is one player who was a contributor for the game. He ended up going 46.2% from the field but finished the game without a dime. He saw the court for 30 mins played and collected 3 rebounds. He notched 19 points on 6 of 13 shooting.

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Loyola Marymount enters this matchup with a win-loss mark of 15-11 on the year. They are averaging 69.8 pts per game (290th in college) while going 43.4% from the floor. The Lions are shooting 32.7% on three-point attempts (200 of 612) and 71.5% from the free throw line. As a team, Loyola Marymount is grabbing 33.7 boards per game and has accounted for 336 assists this season, which is 198th in college in terms of passing the rock. They turn the ball over 11.0 times per contest and as a squad they commit 16.5 fouls per contest.

On defense, the Lions are able to force 11.0 turnovers per game while drawing 15.8 fouls. They give up 30.5% on 3-point attempts and they are 128th in D-1 in PPG allowed (69.9). The Lions defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 41.7% (655 of 1,570) and they concede 37.5 boards per game as a team. They currently rank 179th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 325 surrendered so far this season.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Santa Clara Broncos took a loss by a final score of 73-64 against St. Mary's. The Broncos were able to pull down 17 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 24 for this contest. They coughed it up 11 times, while recording 7 steals in this contest. St. Mary's committed 15 personal fouls for the game which took the Broncos to the charity stripe for a total of 11 shots. They were able to knock down 9 of the free throws for a percentage of 81.8%. With respect to shots from distance, Santa Clara buried 9 out of 24 attempts (37.5%). Overall, the Broncos ended up going 23 out of 57 from the floor which had them at 40.4%. The Broncos permitted St. Mary's to bury 25 out of their 47 tries from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 53.2% for the game. They finished shooting 42.9% from 3-point land by shooting 6 of 14 and finished the contest at 17 out of 24 at the charity stripe (70.8%). In regard to cleaning up the glass, Santa Clara allowed St. Mary's to grab 27 in all (6 on the offensive side).

Johnny O'Neil pitched in for the Broncos in this matchup. He made 6 of 13 for the contest for a field goal rate of 46.2%, and earned 6 rebounds. He totaled 18 points in his 35 minutes on the court and tallied 2 assists for this contest.

Santa Clara has a win-loss record of 17-10 on the year. The Broncos are committing 16.8 personal fouls per contest while shooting 73.2% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 16.8 times per game (24th in the country) and they turn it over 12.0 times per game. Santa Clara has scored 2,167 pts this year (80.3 per contest) and they grab 37.7 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Broncos are hitting on 46.8% from the field, which ranks 77th in college.

The Santa Clara defense surrenders 31.1% on shots from behind the 3-point line (200 of 644) and opponents are connecting on 71.3% of their free throw attempts. They concede 14.7 assists and 33.5 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 305th and 135th in college. The Broncos on the defensive end are ranked 204th in the country in points allowed per contest with 72.3. They are able to force 11.9 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 42.7% from the field (130th in college hoops).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Santa Clara

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