Santa Clara vs New Mexico State 12/7/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The New Mexico State Aggies and the Santa Clara Broncos meet in college basketball action from the Leavey Center on Wednesday night.

The New Mexico State Aggies will look to build on a 77-35 win over subdivision Simon Fraser last time out. Xavier Pinson leads the Aggies in scoring with 13.3 PPG along with 4.7 APG while Deshawndre Washington has 12 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG and 5.8 APG to lead the Aggies in rebounding and assists this season. Issa Muhammad has 10.8 PPG with 4 RPG and Anthony Roy has 11.6 PPG to finish off the scoring in double figures for New Mexico State so far this season. As a team, New Mexico State is averaging 82.5 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field, 38.3% from three and 64.9% from the foul line this season.

The Santa Clara Broncos will hope to build on their current four-game win streak after a 72-65 win over Sacramento State last time out. Brandin Podziemski leads the Broncos in scoring and rebounding with 20.6 PPG and 9.6 RPG while Carlos Stewart has 11.6 PPG with 2.7 RPG and 2.1 APG and Carlos Marshall Jr. has 10 PPG with 3 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Santa Clara so far this season. Parker Braun also has 8 PPG with 6.2 RPG and a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Broncos in assists. As a team, Santa Clara is averaging 74 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 32.1% from three and 73.8% from the foul line this season.

New Mexico State is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Santa Clara is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 and 10-3 ATS in their last 13 home games while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 Wednesday games.

I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m leaning towards New Mexico State and the points. There’s just not a whole lot of a difference between these two teams, at least a difference that suggests that the Broncos should be this heavily favored, even at home. I think this has potential to be a 3-4 point game, so give me the points with New Mexico State.