{"id":21288,"date":"2012-01-26T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21288"},"modified":"2012-01-26T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T17:07:29","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-saint-marys-gaels-vs-loyola-marymount-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-saint-marys-gaels-vs-loyola-marymount-lions-21288\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Saint Mary’s Gaels vs. Loyola Marymount Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 21 Saint Mary\u2019s Gaels at Loyola Marymount Lions
\nThursday, 1\/26\/12, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Saint Mary\u2019s -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Saint Mary\u2019s -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 138.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 140
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Saint Mary's Gaels look to remain perfect in West Coast Conference play Thursday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saint Mary\u2019s has won nine games in a row since suffering a 72-59 setback to the Baylor Bears as three-point neutral-site underdogs on Dec. 22.\u00a0 The Gaels are coming off an impressive 93-77 win over Santa Clara as 11.5-point road favorites, while the \u201cover\u201d has cashed in four of their last six games.\u00a0 The program is the only one with an undefeated conference record in the West Coast Conference, but it will be tested mightily over the next two games against Loyola Marymount and BYU on the road.\u00a0 Saint Mary\u2019s is 10-11 ATS in January games the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Gaels have become quite the program, being one of only eight teams nationally to have won at least 25 games in each of the last four seasons.\u00a0 Saint Mary\u2019s leads the WCC in scoring defense, scoring margin and assist-to-turnover ratio.\u00a0 Junior guard Matthew Dellavedova is certainly a player to watch on the offensive end, leading the team in scoring, while pacing the conference in assists.\u00a0 With its 19-2 start, the Gaels have opened the season with the best record in school history.<\/p>\n

Loyola Marymount returns from a perfect 2-0 road trip and will begin a four-game homestand with a key contest inside Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles.\u00a0 The Lions have three starters that average in double figures, with sophomore guard Anthony Ireland leading the way in scoring 15.9 points per game.\u00a0 Strangely enough, the program is just 5-6 in front of the home fans this year, which is much different than its recent road success.\u00a0 The Lions have surrendered 71.4 points over their last five home games, which is a number that won\u2019t cut it against tonight\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 Loyola Marymount is 7-0 ATS versus conference opponents this year.<\/p>\n

The Lions lead the WCC in free throw percentage, hitting 73.4 percent of their shots from the charity stripe.\u00a0 Loyola Marymount\u2019s top six scorers all shoot better than 74 percent from the line, with Ireland ranking 14th in the conference at 76.4 percent.\u00a0 He is one of two players on the roster to play in every game this season and ranks second in the conference in playing 36.1 minutes per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Gaels due to their 7-1 ATS mark as a road favorite of 7 to 12.5 points, while the Lions are 4-13 ATS when playing at home.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 21 Saint Mary\u2019s Gaels at Loyola Marymount Lions Thursday, 1\/26\/12, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Saint Mary\u2019s -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Saint Mary\u2019s -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 138.5 Current Total:\u00a0 140 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Saint Mary\u2019s has won nine games in a row since suffering a 72-59 setback to the Baylor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[6389,6390,6387,6388,1376,3888],"class_list":["post-21288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-anthony-ireland","tag-gersten-pavilion","tag-loyola-marymount-lions","tag-matthew-dellavedova","tag-saint-marys-gaels","tag-west-coast-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21290,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21288\/revisions\/21290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}