The Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Saint Mary\u2019s Gaels are both looking to finish the season strong, and they\u2019ll have the chance to do that against one another in the final outing of the 2013 regular season.\u00a0 Despite their strong records, both teams have slipped just a bit as the year has come to an end. [ad-4468020]<\/p>\n
Gonzaga (24-6, 14-3 WCC) @ Saint Mary\u2019s (21-9, 11-6 WCC)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Insight<\/a> | CP Insider Gambling Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Bulldogs, who are 24-6, have lost two of their last three, while the Gaels, 21-9, are 2-2 in their last four. Both teams are coming off of wins, and both will look to enter the postseason on the right note.<\/p>\n The Gonzaga Bulldogs may have lost two of their last three, but they\u2019re coming off of a big win over the Pacific Tigers\u2014a 17-point win, to be exact.<\/p>\n Against Saint Mary\u2019s, the Bulldogs will have a substantial advantage when it comes to offensive efficiency. On the year, Gonzaga is shooting 49.5 percent from the field and 39.9 percent from the three-point line. Those numbers are good for eight and ninth in the country, respectively, and they\u2019re the reason the team averages better than 77 points per game. The Saint Mary\u2019s Gaels pulled out a tough win against Portland, but their effort and production needs to be at another level against the Gonzaga Bulldogs.<\/p>\n This match is all about confidence for Saint Mary\u2019s. Gonzaga will enter Las Vegas as the top seed in the conference regardless of what happens on Saturday, but the Gaels need a boost of momentum if they have any hope of making the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n Consider this game a contest of wills. Gonzaga is the better team, but they don\u2019t have nearly as much to play for as the Gaels. Combine that with the fact that Saint Mary\u2019s has home-court advantage, playing in front of its crowd at McKeon Pavilion, and it\u2019s easy to see how an upset could take place in the final game of the 2013 regular season.<\/p>\n Prediction: Saint Mary\u2019s 79 \u2013 Gonzaga 78<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary\u2019s CBB Picks The Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Saint Mary\u2019s Gaels are both looking to finish the season strong, and they\u2019ll have the chance to do that against one another in the final outing of the 2013 regular season.\u00a0 Despite their strong records, both teams have slipped just a bit as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":34541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72884"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72897,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72884\/revisions\/72897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDefensively, the objective is to shut down Brad Waldow and Stephen Holt. Saint Mary\u2019s top two scorers are the only two players averaging double digits, and they approach the offensive very differently (one in the post, one on the perimeter) giving the team options all over the floor.<\/p>\nSaint Mary\u2019s<\/h3>\n