Gonzaga vs Santa Clara Prediction 2/25/25 College Basketball Picks

The Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Santa Clara Broncos meet Tuesday in college basketball action from Leavey Center. Here’s a Gonzaga vs Santa Clara prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Gonzaga vs Santa Clara pick. We will examine: 

The Gonzaga Bulldogs’ recent form and player performance

The Santa Clara Broncos’ recent form and player performance 

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Gonzaga Bulldogs

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Santa Clara Broncos

Recent betting trends in games played between Gonzaga and Santa Clara

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Gonzaga vs Santa Clara game

Gonzaga Bulldogs Betting Preview

The Bulldogs are doing quite well this year despite a couple of spotty runs. The Bulldogs lost to only West Virginia in their first eight games, then hit a 2-3 run with wins over Nicholls and Bucknell amid losses to Kentucky, UConn, and UCLA. After wins versus Pepperdine, Portland, LMU, San Diego, and Washington State, Gonzaga lost to Oregon State and Santa Clara in consecutive outings. A 7-1 run followed with a loss to Saint Mary’s amid wins over Portland, Oregon State, LMU, Pacific, San Francisco, Pepperdine, and Washington State. That would give the Bulldogs a 21-7 record in their first 28 games of the 2024-25 campaign. 

In their Saturday game versus Saint Mary’s, the Bulldogs were down 41-31 by the break and couldn’t recover in the end during a 74-67 home loss. Leading the team in scoring was Graham Ike, who came off the bench for 19 points and five rebounds. 

Santa Clara Broncos Betting Preview

Over on the Santa Clara side, they’ve got a couple of choppy stretches this year but overall they’re doing pretty well. The Broncos went just 3-5 over their first eight games, then rattled off wins over McNeese, Fresno State, Bradley, Kennesaw State, South Dakota, and Pepperdine in the next six. A 5-4 run came next with wins over San Diego, Oregon State, San Francisco, Gonzaga, and Washington State mixed with losses to San Francisco, LMU, Oregon State, and Saint Mary’s. After wins over Pacific, Portland, San Diego, and LMU in the next five (with a lone loss to Saint Mary’s), Santa Clara had an 18-10 overall record through the first 28 games. 

On Saturday matched up against Washington State, the Broncos jumped out to a dominant 61-33 edge at halftime. Santa Clara kept it going with a 48-46 run the rest of the way and took the blowout victory 109-79 in the end. Tops in scoring was Carlos Stewart with 22 points, four rebounds, three steals, and two assists. Elijah Mahi added 19 points with five rebounds and four assists, while Johnny O’Neil put up 17 points with three rebounds and two assists. 

Why the Santa Clara Broncos will win

• Santa Clara has won each of its last nine games following a road win.

Why the Gonzaga Bulldogs will win

• Gonzaga has won 17 of its last 18 Tuesday night games.

Gonzaga vs Santa Clara Prediction 

I’ll lean toward Santa Clara, but this should be a pretty interesting matchup regardless. Gonzaga’s weekend loss will take a bit of the shine off of it, though. The Broncos rolled right past Washington State in their latest road matchup despite giving up 50.9 percent shooting rom the field. Santa Clara owned the boards 38-22 and scored 17 points off 13 Cougars turnovers. That makes a combined 185 points scored across the Broncos’ last two games and a 5-1 run over the last six total. 

These teams last met up back on January 18 in a wild 103-99 road win for the Broncos. In that one, both teams shot comparably (over 53 percent) but Santa Clara hit 18 of their 38 3-pointers (47.4 percent) compared to Gonzaga’s 10-of-28 (35.7 percent). The Broncos had a 38-30 rebounding edge as well but did get into trouble with 14 turnovers for 20 Bulldogs points. Provided Santa Clara can cut down the miscues in this home rematch, they’re certainly capable of giving the visiting Bulldogs another tough game.