UCLA Bruins vs Colorado Buffaloes: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/2/2021

The UCLA Bruins (6-2) host the Colorado Buffaloes (7-2) after winning five straight home games. The Bruins are favored by just 2.5 points in the matchup, which starts at 8:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 2, 2021. The matchup's point total is 137.5.

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UCLA Leaders

• Jaime Jaquez Jr. leads the Bruins in scoring, averaging 13.3 points per game.
• Tyger Campbell leads UCLA with 7.3 assists per game and Jalen Hill paces the squad with 6.7 rebounds per matchup.
• Jaquez averages 1.8 made threes per game to lead the Bruins.
• The Bruins steals leader is Campbell, who grabs 1.0 per game. Hill leads the team averaging 1.5 blocks a game.

Colorado Leaders

• The Buffaloes go-to guy, McKinley Wright IV, leads the team in both scoring (15.9 points per game) and assists (5.6 assists per game).
• Jeriah Horne holds the top spot on the Buffaloes rebounding leaderboard, averaging 6.1 boards per game while adding 10.8 points per game.
• Maddox Daniels hits 1.7 three-pointers per game, the top mark for the Buffaloes.
• Nobody on Colorado grabs more steals than Wright (1.2 per game) or blocks more shots than Dallas Walton (0.9 per game).

UCLA vs Colorado: Last 4 Meetings

UCLA and Colorado have split their last four matchups 2-2. The Bruins have a 2-0 record against the spread in those games against the Buffaloes.

Points Insights

• The 76.6 points per game the Bruins average are 15.3 more points than the Buffaloes allow (61.3).
• When UCLA scores more than 61.3 points, it is 6-1 overall and 4-0-1 against the spread.
• Colorado is 0-1 against the spread and 0-1 overall when allowing more than 76.6 points.
• The Buffaloes put up nine more points per game (76.8) than the Bruins allow their opponents to score (67.8).
• When it scores more than 67.8 points, Colorado is 7-0 against the spread and 7-1 overall.
• UCLA's record is 1-1 overall and 0-1 against the spread when it gives up more than 76.8 points to its opponents.
• The Bruins have out-scored their opponents by a total of 71 points this season (8.8 points per game on average), and the Buffaloes have put up 139 more points than their opponents on the year (15.5 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Bruins and the Buffaloes rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 37.6 and 35.7 boards per game, respectively.
• When UCLA earns the rebounding advantage they are 3-1-1 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Colorado is 1-1.
• The Bruins average 11 offensive boards per game, outgaining the Buffaloes by 1.4 rebounds per contest.
• The Bruins are 3-1-1 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Buffaloes are 2-0 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Both teams thrive on the boards. UCLA records an average rebounding margin of +6.7 rebounds per game. Colorado averages a margin of +5.3 rebounds.