Saturday night College Basketball and we will see the Arizona State Sun Devils travel to Maples Pavilion to take on the Stanford Cardinal. The game has a start time of 12:00 am (Eastern) and will be televised on ESPN U. Current Vegas betting odds have Stanford listed as 6.5 point favorites, while the total is set at 137.
Analysis: The Sun Devils started their Pac-12 slate with 4 straight loss, but they have come back to win their last 2 games, including a 35 point road win over Cal on Thursday Night. The Sun Devils are now 10-9 overall, but just 2-4 in the Pac-12 and 1-5 on the road. ASU has gone 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games following a SU win of more than 20 points, but just 2-8 ATS the last 10 games in this series. The Sun Devils have been a decent offensive team this year, ranking 141st in scoring (69.1 ppg), 85th in shooting (45.4%), 79th in 3 point shooting (36.9%) and 248th in FT shooting (66.7%). Defensively the Sun Devils come in ranked 137th in points allowed (64.2 ppg), 198th in defensive FG% (42.9%) and 261st in 3 point defense (35.6%).
The Stanford Cardinal has won 3 of their last 4 games with that loss being by 7 points at home to Arizona on Thursday night. Overall Stanford is 13-5, which includes marks of 9-1 at home and 4-2 within the Pac 12. The Cardinal is 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 Saturday games, but 3-8-2 ATS in their last 13 vs. the Pacific-12. Stanford has been a good offensive team this year, ranking 66th in scoring (73.1 ppg), 161st in shooting (43.8%), 17th in 3 point shooting (40.1%) and 132nd in FT shooting (70.2%). Defensively the Cardinal has been decent, as they come in ranked 130th in points allowed (63.6 ppg), 101st in defensive FG% (40.7%) and 282nd in 3 point defense (36.2%).
Pick: Going with the Under in this one. Stanford has played at a bit of a faster pace this year, but i feel this ASU defense can slow them Down here. ASU has played good defense overall this year and on the road they have allowed just 63.5 ppg so far, including just 52.7 ppg in their last 3 Pac-12 road games. They even held Oregon to just 59 points on the Ducks home floor. This team is playing good defense right now. Their Offense has not been all that good on the road, where they have averaged just 62.2 ppg, while Stanford has allowed just 58.3 ppg on their home floor. I really look for Stanford to lock it down defensively after allowing 89 points to Arizona on Thursday night. The Under is 26-12-1 in ASU's last 39 games off a SU win and 7-2 in Stanford's last 9 home games. I say this one stays in the 120s.
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