The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors are on the road on Monday night for a Big West matchup with the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners, and the Rainbow Warriors are set as 6.5-point favorites.
Hawaii won the first meeting between these teams by three points, but it may be getting some love from oddsmakers here since Bakersfield has struggled as a home dog, going just 3-5 ATS on the season.
Hawaii is fourth in the Big West at the moment, but it is just two games back of the No. 1 seed, UC Irvine.
Losing guard Kaleb Higgins (knee) for the season has hurt the Roadrunners, who are just 6-9 in Big West play this season.
Let’s dive into the odds and a pick for this Monday night matchup:
Hawaii vs. Bakersfield odds, spread and total
Hawaii vs. Bakersfield prediction and pick
Both of these teams have struggled on offense this season, ranking 288th (Hawaii) and 351st (Bakersfield) in points per game.
Still, I think this total is set way too low, even though the Rainbow Warriors are 66th in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency.
The first meeting between these two teams finished with a final score of 72-69 (141 total points), yet this matchup has a total set at 121.5?
Hawaii has cleared this total in eight of its last nine games, and it has just seven games that fell short of 121 points all season long.
These teams are both solid on defense, ranking inside the top-50 in opponent points per game. Still, the average score of their opponents on both sides comes just north of 125 points, and we’ve already seen these teams play a relatively high-scoring matchup once this season.
This game should land in the mid-60s, which would push it well past 121.5 points.
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