Gonzaga vs Portland Prediction 1/25/25 College Basketball Picks

The Portland Pilots and the Gonzaga Bulldogs meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Chiles Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Portland vs. Gonzaga prediction.

Portland Recap

The Portland Pilots enter this game looking to add on to a 92-82 win over San Diego last time out to improve to 7-14 on the year. After this game, Portland will depart on the road for a matchup with Loyola Marymount.

Pilots Looking For Huge Upset

Austin Rapp leads the Pilots in scoring and rebounding with 13.9 PPG and 6.5 RPG while Max Mackinnon has 12.9 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 2.7 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Portland so far this season. Vukasin Masic also has 8.7 PPG with 2.9 RPG and 3 APG to lead Portland in assists as well up to this point in the year. As a team, Portland is averaging 72.1 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 33.7% from three and 77.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Portland Pilots will win

• The home team has won each of Portland’s last four games.

Gonzaga Recap

The Gonzaga Bulldogs come into this one looking to rebound from a 103-99 loss at the hands of Santa Clara last time out to drop to 14-6 on the year. After this game, Gonzaga will go back home for a game against Oregon State.

Bulldogs Drop Back-To-Back Conference Games

Graham Ike leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 17.2 PPG and 7.4 RPG while Khalif Battle has 12.8 PPG with 3.6 RPG. Ryan Nembhard has 11.8 PPG with 3.4 RPG and a team-high 9.77 APG to lead the Zags in assists as well as 1.8 SPG to lead the way in steals as well. Braden Huff has 11.3 PPG with 3.6 RPG and Ben Gregg has 10.6 PPG with 6.1 RPG. Nolan Hickman has also chipped in 10.8 PPG and 3 RPG as well, rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for Gonzaga so far this season. As a team, Gonzaga is averaging 88.4 PPG on 49.3% shooting from the field, 35.2% from three, and 80.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Gonzaga Bulldogs will win

• Gonzaga has won each of its last 43 day games against the West Coast Conference.
• Portland has lost five of its last six day games following a home win.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Gonzaga’s last five games against Conference opponents has produced a total of 163+ points.
• Each of the last four games between Gonzaga and Portland has produced a total of 160 or fewer points.

Gonzaga vs. Portland Prediction

I’m going to take Gonzaga here. Gonzaga’s been horrendous against the number this year, but if there was one team that I think Gonzaga would do a fair number on, it’s Portland. The Zags have had a tendency to play with their food, but could absolutely put a hurting on the Pilots as we’ve seen Portland get demolished in far fewer spots than this. The Zags need a feel-good blowout win here and I think Portland can provide that. Give me Gonzaga in a beatdown.