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Bakersfield vs Cal Poly Pick & Preview: Wednesday, February 15th Betting Odds

Roadrunners vs Mustangs Matchup at a Glance

  • Sport: NCAAB
  • Teams: Bakersfield Roadrunners at Cal Poly Mustangs
  • Where: San Luis Obispo at Mott Athletics Center
  • Date: Wednesday, February 15th
  • Betting Odds: Bakersfield +2, CSU +114 | CALPOL -138 O/U 116.5

Roadrunners Preview:

Heading into today’s matchup vs Cal Poly, the Bakersfield Roadrunners will be taking the floor for the 26th time this season and have an overall record of 9-16. So far, the Roadrunners have played 12 games on the road, with a record of 3-9. For the season, Bakersfield has been the underdog in 20 games, sitting with a mark of 5-15. Currently, the oddsmakers have the lines set with the Roadrunners being +2 point underdogs.

Bakersfield’s leading scorer this season is Antavion Collum, who is averaging 12.0 points per contest. So far, Collum has accounted for 19.33% of the team’s scoring. In addition, he is contributing 4.96 rebounds per game and 1.32 assists. Marvin McGhee III is the second leading scorer for the Roadrunners, averaging 8.8 points per game. Between him and III, they are accounting for 33.5% of the team’s scoring.

Offensive production has been hard to come by for Bakersfield this season, as they are currently ranked 401st in college basketball at 64.0 points per game. A major reason for low scoring totals is the fact that they have played at a below average pace, and have struggled to knock down outside shots. As a team, the Roadrunners’ 3-point shooting percentage sits at just 30.0%, placing them 464th in the NCAA.

Mustangs Preview:

Coming into today’s matchup, the Cal Poly Mustangs are in the middle of a 13 game losing streak and have an overall record of 7-19. So far this season, Cal Poly has played 13 games at home, sitting with a record of 6-7. At the time of this article, the oddsmakers have the Mustangs as the -2 point favorites. The Mustangs have been favored 6 times, going 3-3 straight up.

Cal Poly’s leading scorer this season is Alimamy Koroma, who is averaging 10.19 points per contest. So far, Koroma has accounted for 16.99% of the team’s scoring. In addition, he is contributing 4.5 rebounds per game and 0.46 assists. TJ Taylor is the second leading scorer for the Mustangs, averaging 9.46 points per game. Between him and Taylor, they are accounting for 32.8% of the team’s scoring.

Offensive production has been hard to come by for Cal Poly this season, as they are currently ranked 444th in college basketball at 61.5 points per game. A major reason for low scoring totals is the fact that they have played at a below average pace, and have struggled to knock down outside shots. As a team, the Mustangs’ 3-point shooting percentage sits at just 29.0%, placing them 495th in the NCAA.

Free Spread Prediction: Cal Poly Mustangs -2

For this matchup, our college basketball betting model points to their being value in taking the Cal Poly on the spread as -2 point favorites over the Bakersfield Roadrunners. Not only do we see the team continuing to perform well vs the spread at home, as the school is 6-4 vs the spread (last 10), they are due to shut down a Bakersfield unit that struggles with their outside shooting. Look for a good defensive effort to be the key reason that the Mustangs take care of business and cover as -2 point favorites.