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Loyola Marymount vs Gonzaga 2/6/2025 College Basketball Picks

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Loyola Marymount vs Gonzaga Prediction

Loyola Marymount vs Gonzaga Game Information

What: Loyola Marymount vs Gonzaga 2/6/2025 College Basketball Picks
When: Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 9:00 EST/6:00 PST
Where: McCarthey Athletic Center, Spokane, Washington
Loyola Marymount vs Gonzaga Line: Gonzaga -21.5
Total: 154.5
TV: ESPN+

Loyola Marymount vs Gonzaga Preview

Gonzaga (16-7, 7-3 in WCC) welcomes streaking Loyola Marymount (14-8, 6-4 in WCC) to Spokane) and the McCarthey Athletic Center on Thursday night for this West Coast Conference game. In their last 5 games, the Lions are a perfect 5-0, beating Santa Clara by 3 (57-54), San Diego by 7 (77-70), at Pacific by 5 (73-68), vs Portland by 25 (88-63), and as San Diego by 16 (78-62). In their last 5 games, the Bulldogs are 2-3, losing to new conference members Oregon State by 8 in OT (97-89), falling to Santa Clara by 4 (103-99), winning at Portland by 43 (105-62), beating Oregon State again by 38 (98-60), and losing at Saint Mary’s by 4 in their last game (62-58).

 

Futures Book Look: Online sportsbook DraftKings currently has now unranked Gonzaga priced at 60/1 to win the 2025 NCAA Basketball Championship. Auburn (+370), Duke (+380), Houston (9/1), Alabama (11/1), Iowa State (16/1), and Tennessee (18/1) are the top 6 schools in this Futures betting market.

Loyola Marymount on a Nice 5-game Win Streak

Loyola Marymount (9-12-0 ATS, 9-12-1 O/U) in the midst of its second 5-game Winning Streak of the season and although the Lions won’t be making the NCAA Tournament in March, this team has shown some signs of growth but there is still a big gap between Loyola Marymount and WCC sides like the Zags, San Francisco, and Santa Clara. The Lions are led in scoring by F Caleb-Stone-Carrawell (13.5 PPG, 2.6 RPG), F Jevon Porter (13.0 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 2.2 APG), F Alex Merkviladze (11.0 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 2.1 APG), G Will Johnston (10.9 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 3.1 APG), G Myron Amey Jr. (9.3 PPG, 2.6 RPG), and G Jan Vide (5.8 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.4 APG). Loyola Marymount (+1800 Moneyline) averages 71.3 PPG while allowing 69.5 PPG and averages 34.9 RPG (Tied-#262) and 13.9 APG (Tied-#199).

Loyola Marymount Betting Trends

  • Loyola Marymount is 10-3 at Home and 2-5 on the Road this year
  • The Lions went 12-18-1 ATS in 2023-24 NCAAB season (40%)
  • Loyola Marymount is 1-9 SU in their last 10 games vs Gonzaga
  • The Lions have alternated Unders/Overs the last 6 (UOUOUO)
  • Loyola Marymount is 1-5-0 ATS in its last 6 Road games overall
  • The Lions are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games overall

Gonzaga Seems Like a Shell of Their Former Selves

Gonzaga (9-14-0 ATS, 15-8-0 O/U) has already lost 7 times this season, but to solid teams in West Virginia, Kentucky, Connecticut, UCLA, Oregon State, Santa Clara, and Saint Mary’s. The Bulldogs (-8000 Moneyline) went 14-2 in WCC play last season (27-8 overall) but ended up finishing in 2nd place behind rivals St. Mary’s (15-1). Gonzaga is led by F Graham Ike (17.6 PPG, 7.2 RPG), G Khalif Battle (12.2 PPG, 3.3 RPG), versatile G Ryan Nembhard (11.0 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 10.0 APG), F Braden Huff (11.0 PPG, 3.5 RPG), G Nolan Hickman (10.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 2.0 APG), and the Bulldogs have a strong Bench with F Ben Gregg (10.7 PPG, 5.9 RPG), G Michael Ajayi (6.7 PPG, 5.2 RPG), and G Dusty Stromer (5.5 PPG, 2.9 RPG).

 

The Zags average 88.2 PPG (#2) while allowing 71.2 PPG (+17.0 PPG PD), 39.3 RPG (#37) and an impressive 19.7 APG (#2) with Nembhard (#1 in the nation in APG) leading the way. Head Coach Mark Few and the Zags are still chasing that elusive national championship but have the worst Record they have had in years and fell out of the Top 25. Losing guys like Anton Watson (Celtics), Julian Strawther (Pacers), Andrew Nemhard (Pacers), Chet Holmgren (Thunder), and Drew Timme (Long Island Nets, G-League) over the past 4 years has been extremely hard on this program.

Gonzaga Betting Trends

  • Gonzaga was 13-2 at Home in WCC play last season
  • The Bulldogs are 3-7-0 ATS in their last 10 games overall
  • Gonzaga is 7-3 in its last 10 games overall
  • The Over is 4-1-0 SU in the last 5 Gonzaga games
  • Gonzaga went 17-17-0 ATS in the 2023-24 NCAAB Season (50%) 
  • The Zags are 10-1 SU at Home (loss to Saint Mary’s)

Loyola Marymount vs Gonzaga Prediction

In the last 10 meetings in this series, Gonzaga has gone a dominating 9-1, winning 4 of the 5 games in Spokane (by 18, 17, 34, and 34) with the Over/Under 6-4-0 over that span with 2 straight Overs (164 and 165 points scored). When these two met earlier this season at Loyola Marymount, the Zags rolled to an easy 96-68 Win, easily covering the 15.5 Point Spread by 12.5 points at the Gersten Pavilion on January 4 in a game that went over the closing Total of 153 by 11 points. Gonzaga shot 53% from the Field (36-for-72) and 44% from 3-Point land (7-for-16). The Bulldogs are a mind-boggling 40-4 SU lifetime vs Loyola Marymount heading into this one. This Loyola Marymount vs Gonzaga NCAAB pick will ride the wave and expect a 25- to 30-point blowout in one of those games where it might also be a good idea to back Gonzaga in the First Half market. In that aforementioned first meeting in Los Angeles, the Zags led by 18 (46-28) after the first 20 minutes.

Kevin’s Prediction: Gonzaga -20.5 (FanDuel)

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