Portland Pilots (14-18) vs. BYU Cougars (17-14)
March 3, 2023 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: BYU Cougars / Portland Pilots ; Over/Under
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The Portland Pilots and the BYU Cougars meet in college basketball action from the Orleans Arena on Friday night. Let’s dive into the injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Injuries
Portland hasn’t announced any new injuries coming into this game while BYU still has Hao Dong listed as out until later this month with an ankle issue and Trevon Knell is still out for the season with a shoulder injury.
Matchup History
BYU’s 71-58 win over Portland back on December 31st, 2022, made it 13 straight wins for BYU in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Portland is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 neutral site games and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a win while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall. BYU is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 Friday games and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 neutral site games.
Pick
I’m leaning towards BYU here, but probably not messing with this one. The Cougars were back-pedalling into the conference tournament and I’m not sure how eager I am to back them but it beats the alternative which is a Portland team that can beat teams on their level, but they’ve also lost 13 straight meetings and 21 of the 23 meetings going back to 2008. I just feel like this is a good spot for BYU to get something going if they’re going to, so give me BYU in this one.
