Portland at Pepperdine

The Waves, once a player in the West Coast Conference, have been diminished to the lower tier for several years. What was bad has become worse as the Waves’ offense has fallen off the face of the Earth. The last four games have seen them score a total of just 206 points, or just 51.5 points per game. The total here is set in the mid 130s, and that will put a lot of pressure on the Portland offense to get into the 80s at least. That will be quite the task for the Pilots. They have not scored more than 74 points in any of their 11 road or neutral-site games this season, and in their eight true road games it has led to a 7-1 UNDER mark. Pepperdine in turn, has played 21 of their last 29 conference games to the UNDER. I'll ride with the UNDER in this one.