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Sacramento State Hornets @ N. Colorado Bears
Current Records: Sacramento State 5-12, N. Colorado 13-5
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If the oddsmakers’ predictions hold true, the near future looks bright for N. Colorado. They and the Sacramento State Hornets will face off in a Big Sky battle at 8:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Bank of Colorado Arena. The Hornets are crawling into this contest hobbled by three consecutive losses, while the Bears will bounce in with seven consecutive wins.
N. Colorado will head into Thursday’s match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 24) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Portland State 72-69. For those keeping track at home, that’s the closest win the Bears have posted since March 2, 2024.
Meanwhile, things couldn’t have gone much worse for Sacramento State as they lost 77-53 to N. Arizona on Thursday. The Hornets were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 45-23.
N. Colorado is on a roll lately: they’ve won ten of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Sacramento State, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12.
N. Colorado beat Sacramento State 80-75 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Will N. Colorado repeat their success, or does Sacramento State have a better game plan this time around? We’ll find out soon enough.
Odds
N. Colorado is a big 16-point favorite against Sacramento State, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 16-point spread, and stayed right there.
The over/under is 141.5 points.
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Series History
N. Colorado has won 8 out of their last 10 games against Sacramento State.
- Feb 17, 2024 – N. Colorado 80 vs. Sacramento State 75
- Jan 18, 2024 – N. Colorado 77 vs. Sacramento State 75
- Feb 11, 2023 – N. Colorado 70 vs. Sacramento State 54
- Jan 12, 2023 – Sacramento State 72 vs. N. Colorado 64
- Feb 10, 2022 – N. Colorado 79 vs. Sacramento State 61
- Jan 08, 2022 – Sacramento State 85 vs. N. Colorado 71
- Mar 10, 2021 – N. Colorado 90 vs. Sacramento State 83
- Feb 15, 2020 – N. Colorado 68 vs. Sacramento State 65
- Jan 16, 2020 – N. Colorado 71 vs. Sacramento State 52
- Feb 09, 2019 – N. Colorado 65 vs. Sacramento State 59
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