UCLA vs Long Beach State Betting Preview
College basketball analyst Kyle Kargel breaks down tonight’s UCLA vs Long Beach State matchup from from the Pauley Pavilion. When UCLA and Long Beach State played each other last season, the Bruins came away with a 21-point win in a high scoring affair.
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Friday, November 11 | College Basketball Betting Notes |
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Point Spread: | UCLA Bruins -19 vs Long Beach State Beach |
Total: | 145 Points |
Game Time: | 11:00pm ET / 8:00pm PT |
Arena: | Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA (Odds Above by DraftKings) |
TV: | Pac-12 Network |
UCLA vs Long Beach State Analysis
Long Beach State makes the short trip up I-405 to take on the 8th ranked UCLA in which both teams had impressive opening season wins. The Beach defeated California Baptist by 15 as 4-point underdogs going into the game.
UCLA took care of Sacramento State with the books nailing their matchup on the head as the Bruins were 25.5-point favorites going in and winning 76-50.
Do the Beach have what it takes to pull a monumental upset of UCLA or at least keep it within the 19 points the Bruins are favored by? Let’s dissect this late night west coast battle.
Traore Brothers Lead Beach
The Beach really played a great all-around game against the Lancers with nine of the 10 players to get in the game scoring between 5-13 points.
The bench shot 12-16 from the field while the most efficient starter was sophomore Jadon Jones who went 5-7 from the field including 3-4 from three point range. Forward Lassina Traore put up a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
He and his brother Aboubacar make up the meat down low for the Beach and will matchup nicely with UCLA with the Bruins running a 4-guard starting lineup.
Long Beach State has historically liked to play fast so it should be interesting to see how that works out against the Bruins who like to play at a slow pace.
Clark Blasts Out Of Gates For Bruins
It wasn’t the most impressive blowout win the Bruins had over the Hornets but they did force 21 turnovers on defense which was the primary reason of holding the opposition to only 50 points.
Sacramento State plays at a slow pace so it was easy for UCLA to take advantage and pull away without any fear of Sacramento State mounting any sort of comeback. Senior Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 14 on 7-9 shooting adding seven rebounds.
The most impressive Bruins player of the night though was Jaylen Clark going a perfect 7-7 form the field leading the team with 17 points, adding a team high eight rebounds, four assists and an astounding seven steals.
UCLA vs Long Beach State Prediction
The Beach like to play fast and they play much more disciplined than Sacramento State does which will be more of a challenge for UCLA. When these two met last season the Bruins surged past Long Beach State in a shootout win 100-79.
With the total set at 145 for this game, I easily see this game going over that number once again for these two schools.
Will we see 179 points? Probably not, but I’m looking at a 90-70 type of game here which would still get us easily over the 145 mark. Don’t be surprised if the Beach keep it interesting in the first half either.
Prediction: Over 145 Points Scored
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