Buffalo vs St. Bonaventure Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/7/24

The Buffalo Bulls and the St. Bonaventure Bonnies meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Reilly Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Buffalo vs. St. Bonaventure prediction.

Buffalo Recap

The Buffalo Bulls come into this game looking to build on a 100-65 win over subdivision Pittsburgh-Bradford last time out. After this game, the Bulls will continue their travels to SEC country to take on Georgia.

Bulls Looking For Big Road Win

Ryan Sabol leads the Bulls in scoring with 18.6 PPG while Tyson Dunn has 12.6 PPG with 5.3 RPG and a team-high 6 APG to lead the Bulls in the assist department and to round out the pair of double-digit scorers for Buffalo up to this point in the year. Ben Michaels has 9.6 PPG with 3.8 RPG while Noah Batchelor has 8.4 PPG with a team-high 6.6 RPG to lead the Bulls on the glass up to this point in the year. As a team, Buffalo is averaging 78.4 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 30.6% from three and 68.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Buffalo Bulls will win

• Buffalo has won three of its last four games.

St. Bonaventure Recap

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies come into this game looking to build on their 64-47 road win over Bucknell last time out. After this game, the Bonnies will head to a neutral floor to take on Providence.

Bonnies Win Back-To-Back Games

Chance Moore leads the Bonnies in scoring and rebounding with 15.3 PPG and 7.3 RPG while Noel Brown has 12.6 PPG with 4.6 RPG. Melvin Council Jr. has 12 PPG with 5.6 RPG and 3.3 APG while Dasonte Brown has 11.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG and a team-high 4 APG to lead the Bonnies in the assist department and to cap off the scoring in double figures for St. Bonaventure up to this point in the year. Lajae Jones also has 9.2 PPG with 5.2 RPG as well this season. As a team, St. Bonaventure is averaging 73.6 PPG on 46.8% shooting from the field, 32% from three and 70.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the St. Bonaventure Bonnies will win

• St. Bonaventure has won each of its last seven games against non-Conference opponents at Reilly Center.
• Buffalo has lost 12 of its last 13 day games.

Buffalo vs. St. Bonaventure Prediction

I’m on the Bonnies here. At first I was thinking that this might’ve been a case of too many points, but the Bonnies have really been tightening up defensively and more often than not, putting the boots to lesser opponents. Buffalo has been able to string wins together here and there, but when they’ve had to take the step up in competition, it’s definitely been lacking from Buffalo’s perspective and I think they have issues making the jump here as well. Give me the Bonnies.