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A hot one for Saturday night features Gonzaga vs. St. Mary’s and odds of +4 on the Gaels. LIVE IN-PLAY WAGERING will be available for this 8:15 pm EST game on ESPN.
Gonzaga vs. St. Mary’s Who’s Hot, Who’s Not
This one is obvious with Gonzaga undefeated and St. Mary’s having just two losses on the season. Both teams are on fire!
The Zags have only failed to cover in four games this season. St. Mary’s is much closer to the .500 mark Against The Spread at 11-9 and therefore hasn’t been guaranteed money for gamblers.
Gonzaga vs. St. Mary’s Head to Head
The Zags have won the last two and SMC won the previous two. Home court didn’t seem to matter much. Gonzaga though is 10-1 Against The Spread in the last 11 meetings. A better trend might be the UNDER 10-1 in this series. The total is 134.
More Takeaways
St. Mary’s as an underdog has only won two of eleven games Straight Up in the past three seasons and only twice in ten times as a home underdog of 3.5 to 6 points since 1997. Gonzaga at -180 on the money line is probably a good bet here with a $18 bet paying $10 (the $18 is refunded of course in addition to the $10 profit assuming the bet is a winner).
The Bulldogs have won their 13 conference games by an average margin of 25.8 points and none was closer than 10 points. Their last two victories against St. Mary’s were in the double digits. Gonzaga Against The Spread at -4 is probably still a good bet especially considering the Gaels are just average when it comes to covering the spread this season.
The Bulldogs shot 64.7 percent in last month’s game against Saint Mary’s.
The Gaels rank second nationally in scoring defense, yielding just 54.6 points per game, but Gonzaga ranks second in the country in field-goal percentage defense, allowing opponent to shoot just 37.0 percent.
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
