USC Trojans vs California Golden Bears: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/23/2021

Pac-12 opponents square off when the USC Trojans (11-3) visit the California Golden Bears (7-9) at Haas Pavilion, tipping off at 8:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 23, 2021. The Trojans are 8.5-point favorites in the game, the first matchup between the teams this season. The matchup has an over/under of 133 points.

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ATS Records for USC and Cal

USC Leaders

• Evan Mobley leads the Trojans in scoring (15.9 points per game) and rebounding (8.6 rebounds per game).
• Drew Peterson paces the squad with 3.5 assists per game.
• Tahj Eaddy connects on 1.7 threes per game to lead the Trojans.
• The Trojans steals leader is Isaiah White, who averages 1.0 per game. Mobley leads the team averaging 3.0 blocks a game.

Cal Leaders

• The Golden Bears leader in scoring is Matt Bradley with 17.8 points per game. He also adds 4.7 rebounds per game and 1.8 assists per game.
• Andre Kelly (5.8 rebounds per game) and Joel Brown (3.7 assists per game) are the Cal leaders in rebounds and assists.
• Makale Foreman knocks down 2.3 three-pointers per game, the top mark for the Golden Bears.
• Cal's Brown has the top spot on the team's steals leaderboard with 1.8 per game and Grant Anticevich is first in blocks with 0.6 per game.

USC vs Cal: Last Meeting

Points Insights

• The 76.7 points per game the Trojans record are 7.4 more points than the Golden Bears give up (69.3).
• USC has an 8-0 record against the spread and a 9-0 record overall when scoring more than 69.3 points.
• When Cal gives up more than 76.7 points, it is 1-1 against the spread and 1-2 overall.
• The Golden Bears put up only 3.4 more points per game (67.8) than the Trojans give up (64.4).
• Cal is 4-0 against the spread and 6-1 overall when it scores more than 64.4 points.
• USC is 3-2 against the spread and 4-1 overall when it allows more than 67.8 points.
• The Trojans have totaled 172 more points than their opponents this season (12.3 per game on average), while the Golden Bears have been out-scored by 25 total points (1.5 per game average differential).

Rebounding Insights

• The Trojans average 40.1 rebounds per game, outrebounding the Golden Bears by 9.5 boards per contest.
• USC is 8-3 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. Cal is 4-5 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Trojans average 11.5 offensive boards per game, more than the Golden Bears by 4.8 rebounds per contest.
• The Trojans are 4-4 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Golden Bears are 3-4 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• The Trojans find nightly success on the boards with an average rebounding margin of +eight rebounds per game, and the Golden Bears struggle in comparison, averaging a margin of -1.2.