Boston University vs San Diego Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/8/24

The Boston University Terriers and the San Diego Toreros meet Friday in college basketball action from the Jenny Craig Pavilion. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Boston University vs. San Diego prediction.

Boston University Recap

The Boston University Terriers come into this one looking to bounce back from an 80-72 loss at the hands of Northeastern last time out. After this game, Boston U will face UCLA, Dartmouth, Wagner, and UMBC.

Terriers Fall Flat In Opener

Kyrone Alexander led the Terriers with 16 points on 6 of 12 shooting with 3 threes while Malcolm Chimezie added 14 points on 6 of 8 shooting with a team-high 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Michael McNair added 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting with 3 threes, 3 rebounds, and a team-high 7 assists while Miles Brewster added 10 points to cap off the scoring in double figures for Boston U in the loss. As a team, Boston University is averaging 72 PPG on 46.8% shooting from the field, 42.9% from three, and 45.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Boston University Terriers will win

• San Diego has lost four of its last five games following a home loss.
• Boston University has won six of its last eight games.

San Diego Recap

The San Diego Toreros come into this one looking to bounce back from a 68-67 loss to Rider last time out. After this game, San Diego will welcome Portland State to town.

Toreros Looking To Rebound

Kjay Bradley Jr. had a team-high 24 points on 11 of 19 shooting while Kody Clouet added 13 points on 4 of 14 shooting with 3 threes and 4 steals. David Simon had 12 points on 4 of 10 shooting with 4 rebounds to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for San Diego in the loss. Santiago Trouet also added 8 points with a team-high 13 rebounds and 3 assists as well in the defeat. As a team, San Diego is averaging 67 PPG on 39.7% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three, and 64.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the San Diego Toreros will win

• Boston University has lost each of its last six road night games against non-conference opponents.
• San Diego has won 10 of its last 12 home games against non-conference opponents.

Boston University vs. San Diego Prediction

I’m on the Toreros here. It was a bit of a surprising loss to see the Toreros fall flat in their opener, but this is still a Toreros team that was really good at home last season while the Terriers were almost an auto fade on the road and while returning production is all well and good, it’s returning production from a team that struggled away from home against teams on their level, like Northeastern, Howard and others and one that was 309th in offensive efficiency last year. San Diego was sound defensively, and I think that they can ride that defense to a bounce-back win at home here. Give me San Diego.