San Francisco vs BYU Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/21/23

The BYU Cougars and the San Francisco Dons meet Saturday in college basketball action from War Memorial Gym. BYU is coming off a Thursday game versus Santa Clara. In that one the Cougars took a seven-point loss. As for San Francisco, they played Pacific in their Thursday game. The Dons ended up winning by 21 points. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.

BYU Cougars 

BYU kicked off the year on a 9-5 run with losses to San Diego State, USC, Butler, South Dakota and Utah Valley. The Cougars would go 4-2 over the next six with wins over Weber State, Pacific, Portland and San Diego. 

On Thursday in the Santa Clara game, the Cougars were down 34-26 going into the second half. BYU got better from there with 50 points but still lost 83-76. Rudi Williams led the team on 24 points with four assists. 

San Francisco Dons 

Over on the Dons’ side, they were 10-4 with losses to Davidson, Utah State, New Mexico and TX-Arlington in their first 14 games. San Francisco went 2-5 over the next seven outings with wins over only Hartford and LMU. 

Matched up against Pacific on Thursday, San Francisco jumped out to a 41-22 halftime lead. The Dons kept the pressure up in the second with a 37-35 run in a 78-57 win. Zane Meeks was the top team scorer on 17 points in 13 minutes. 

ANDREW’S FREE PICK 

I’m going to stick with San Francisco. The Dons are fresh off a much-needed win Thursday following consecutive losses to Portland and Saint Mary’s. San Francisco is just 2-5 in their last seven games but to their credit they’ve generally been competitive against some tricky teams in that time. BYU will be another tricky matchup; the Cougars have scored 68 or more points in four straight games and could give San Francisco some trouble. It’ll be a fun matchup to watch regardless.