San Francisco Dons (16-5, 6-2 WCC) at Saint Mary’s Gaels (16-3, 6-0 WCC)
Moraga, California; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gaels -10.5; over/under is 136.5
BOTTOM LINE: San Francisco visits Saint Mary’s (CA) after Malik Thomas scored 24 points in San Francisco’s 81-70 win over the Oregon State Beavers.
The Gaels are 10-1 on their home court. Saint Mary’s (CA) is second in the WCC with 36.6 points per game in the paint led by Mitchell Saxen averaging 8.1.
The Dons are 6-2 against WCC opponents. San Francisco is seventh in the WCC with 8.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Tyrone Riley IV averaging 1.7.
Saint Mary’s (CA) averages 7.2 made 3-pointers per game, 1.0 more made shot than the 6.2 per game San Francisco gives up. San Francisco has shot at a 47.2% rate from the field this season, 7.2 percentage points above the 40.0% shooting opponents of Saint Mary’s (CA) have averaged.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in…