New Mexico St. vs Santa Clara Prediction, Odds and Best Bets
New Mexico St. is on the road playing Santa Clara at the Leavey Center stadium on Wednesday, 12/7/2022 @ 10:00pm EST. Santa Clara -6.5 was the opening favorite and current
Game outlook
New Mexico St. is on the road playing Santa Clara at the Leavey Center stadium on Wednesday, 12/7/2022 @ 10:00pm EST. Santa Clara -6.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Santa Clara -7.5.
On Wednesday, the New Mexico State Aggies (4-2, 0-0 WAC) travel to Santa Clara, California to play the Santa Clara Broncos (7-2, 0-0 WCC). After defeating Division II Simon Fraser 77-35 on Monday, the Aggies defeated UTEP 95-70 on Wednesday. Santa Clara has won each of its last four games, most recently beating Sacramento State 72-65 last Saturday. New Mexico State is without Kim Aiken Jr. Jake Ensminger and Giordan Williams are out, while Carlos Marshall Jr and Camaron Tongue are questionable.
The ball is tough to stop for New Mexico State
New Mexico State scores 82.5 points per game, which is 27th in the country. The Aggies shoot 47.6% overall, which is 70th, and 38.3% from behind the three-point line, which is 44th. In a very balanced scoring attack with four players averaging between 13.3 points and 10.8 points per game, the leading scorer is Xavier Pinson with 13.3 points per game while shooting 46.4%. Second-leading scorer Deshawndre Washington is hitting only 42.6%. The leading assist leader is Washington with an average of 5.8 assists per game. The average number of turnovers per game for New Mexico State is 13.0.
The New Mexico State defense holds its opponents to an average of 64.3 points per game. It is 29th in the nation to allow a field goal shooting percentage of 37.9%, and 26th to allow a three-point shooting percentage of 26.9%. Washington leads the Aggies in rebounding with 8.0 boards per game, and the team averages 38.8 boards per game. Additionally, Washington leads the team in steals with 1.5 per game, while James Beck averages 0.7 blocked shots per game.