The San Jose State Spartans will look to boost their win total and cover the spread when they tip off against the Montana State Bobcats at The Event Center on Monday in NCAAB play.

San Jose State will face the 2-3 Bobcats, who own a 2-1 ATS mark on the season. In totals betting, the Spartans are 2-2 favoring the UNDER so far this season while the Bobcats are 3-0 favoring the OVER.



View Montana State vs San Jose State Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
College basketball odds makers opened the Spartans as 4.5-point favorites in this matchupl.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game puts the Spartans, most recently No. 201 in the Odds Shark power rankings, up against the Bobcats, who rate No. 238 in the latest survey. Meanwhile, math and computer-based handicapping simulations run on this game predict a potential 80-71 victory for the Bobcats.



How They Match Up:
Rating these schools in several key categories is important for handicappers and San Jose State has the nation's No. 152-rated offensive output, at 70.2 PPG. The visiting Bobcats defense ranks No. 278 allowing on average 72.8 PPG. The Spartans FG% has averaged 40.2% so far, less than the Bobcats marksmen have achieved on the year, 45.5% per game.

Defensively, Montana State features the nation's No. 214-rated defense on the road, allowing 72.7 points per game. San Jose State, meanwhile, comes in at No. 84 nationally in scoring at home.

Montana State was a 76-67 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Idaho. They failed to cover the 8–point spread as underdogs. Montana State got 17 points from Rod Singleton but lost anyway, 76-67, to Idaho on Saturday at Cowan Spectrum.

In their last action, San Jose State was a 109-71 Sportsbook at home against Holy Names. The battle between the Spartans and Hawks didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as Holy Names was handed a 109-71 defeat on Tuesday at The Event Center.


Montana State Bobcats Trends:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing CS Bakersfield are 1-0
After playing Idaho are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7

San Jose State Spartans Trends:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing Texas-San Antonio are 1-0
After a win are 5-5

A few Bobcats at Spartans trends to consider:
Montana State is 5-9-1 ATS in its last 15 games on the road
Montana State is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games on the road
San Jose State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
San Jose State is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games


Next up:
Montana State home to CS Bakersfield, Saturday, December 3
San Jose State home to Texas-San Antonio, Wednesday, November 30