College hoops betting interest focuses on the CS Fullerton vs Pacific battle Thursday at Titan Gym as the Titans look to defend home court and cover the NCAA basketball point spread.

CS Fullerton battles the Tigers, currently sitting with a 15-12 mark (11-11-2 ATS). The OVER/UNDER records, always important for totals bettors, are 9-9 for the Titans and 12-11 for the Tigers.



View Pacific vs CS Fullerton Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
Bettors looking to back visiting Pacific before tip-off in this one found them as 1-point underdogs over at Sportsbook earlier.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game puts the Titans, most recently No. 287 in the Odds Shark power rankings, up against the Tigers, who rate No. 181 in the latest survey. Meanwhile, math and computer-based handicapping simulations run on this game predict a potential 76-75 victory for the Titans.



How They Match Up:
Rating these schools in several key categories is important for handicappers and CS Fullerton has the nation's No. 5-rated offensive output, at 79.7 PPG. The visiting Tigers defense ranks No. 132 allowing on average 64.7 PPG. The Titans FG% has averaged 47.9% so far, more than the Tigers marksmen have achieved on the year, 45.3% per game.

Defensively, Pacific features the nation's No. 149-rated defense on the road, allowing 68.4 points per game. CS Fullerton, meanwhile, comes in at No. 14 nationally in scoring at home.

Pacific lost its last outing, a 67-62 result against Western Michigan on February 23. They earned a push in that game as a 5-point underdog. Tony Gill scored 18 points in a futile effort to lead the Tigers to a win (they lost 67-62 to Western Michigan at University Arena on Saturday).

CS Fullerton was a 63-57 Sportsbook in its last match on the road against Texas A&M C.C.. They earned a push of the 6-point spread as favorites. CS Fullerton earned a 63-57 victory over Texas A&M C.C. on Saturday, getting 18 points from Kwame Vaughn at American Bank Center.


Pacific Tigers Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing UC Riverside are 4-6
After playing Western Michigan are 0-1
After a loss are 6-4

CS Fullerton Titans Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing UC Davis are 6-4
After playing Texas A&M C.C. are 0-1
After a win are 6-4

A few Tigers at Titans trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pacific's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pacific's last 6 games when playing on the road against CS Fullerton
Pacific is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against CS Fullerton
Pacific is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
CS Fullerton is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pacific
CS Fullerton is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games at home
CS Fullerton is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Pacific
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of CS Fullerton's last 6 games


Next up:
Pacific at UC Riverside, Saturday, March 2
CS Fullerton at UC Davis, Saturday, March 2