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Idaho Vandals @ BYU Cougars

Current Records: Idaho 1-1, BYU 3-0

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If the oddsmakers' predictions hold true, the near future looks bright for BYU. They will stay at home for another game and welcome the Idaho Vandals at 3:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Marriott Center. The Cougars have been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 273 points over their last three matches.

Last Wednesday, BYU blew past Queens, posting a 99-55 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 51-26.

BYU can attribute much of their success to Dawson Baker, who went 6 for 7 from beyond the arc en route to 22 points. Those six threes gave Baker a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Keba Keita, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 13 rebounds.

BYU was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Queens only racked up 13.

Meanwhile, Idaho was no doubt aware that the odds were against they in their game with Wash. State but that awareness did nothing to prevent the predicted outcome. Idaho suffered a grim 90-67 defeat to Wash. State on Monday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for the Vandals in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now lost six in a row.

Despite the defeat, Idaho had strong showings from Julius Mims, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 rebounds, and Isaiah Brickner, who went 5 for 8 en route to 13 points.

BYU pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Idaho, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.

Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. BYU hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 91 points per game. However, it's not like Idaho struggles in that department as they've been averaging 78.7. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.

Odds

BYU is a big 28.5-point favorite against Idaho, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The line has drifted a bit towards the Cougars, as the game opened with the Cougars as a 26.5-point favorite.


The over/under is 153.5 points.

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