A key college battle sees the visiting Lions travelling to San Francisco Saturday to take on the Dons on Saturday.

The Dons currently sports a 9-5 record overall in NCAAB action, and have posted a corresponding betting slate of 3-7 ATS. The Lions are 7-6 and 4-6 ATS. Betting totals have seen the Dons produce a 7-3 OVER/UNDER record on the season, while the Lions have gone 6-4 against the number.



View Loyola Marymount vs San Francisco Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
The Dons are listed as 6-point favorites at most sportsbooks tracked by Odds Shark.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 157 (Dons) and the No. 119 (Lions) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 75-72 result in favor of the Dons has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
When it comes to rebounds, the visiting Lions rank No. 147 in NCAA Division 1 with 35.9 per game. That compares with San Francisco’s No. 168 ranking in that category. The story is different when it comes to three-point shooting where San Francisco is college basketball's No. 195-ranked team at 6.1 per game, while the Lions rate No. 144 with 6.5 per game.

Defensively, Loyola Marymount features the nation's No. 153-rated defense on the road, allowing 70 points per game. San Francisco, meanwhile, comes in at No. 159 nationally in scoring at home.

In their last action, Loyola Marymount was a 100-74 Sportsbook at home against Vanguard. Loyola Marymount cruised to victory on Tuesday, running Vanguard out of the gym and running up a 100-74 score at Gersten Pavilion.

San Francisco was a 77-61 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Pepperdine. They failed to cover the 2.5–point spread as favorites. The Dons got 14 points from Angelo Caloiaro, but it was Pepperdine that prevailed in a 77-61 final on Thursday at Firestone Fieldhouse.


Loyola Marymount Lions Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 3-5
Before playing BYU are 0-1
After playing Vanguard are 0-1
After a win are 2-8

San Francisco Dons Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 4-3
Before playing BYU are 2-2
After playing Pepperdine are 6-4
After a loss are 8-2

A few Lions at Dons trends to consider:
Loyola Marymount is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games on the road
Loyola Marymount is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against San Francisco
San Francisco is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
San Francisco is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Loyola Marymount
San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Loyola Marymount
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco's last 8 games when playing Loyola Marymount


Next up:
Loyola Marymount home to BYU, Thursday, January 5
San Francisco at BYU, Saturday, January 7