St. Mary's vs Loyola Marymount Lions Prediction & Picks - NCAA Men

Prediction published on 2/27/25, 2:59 PM  by Travis Pulver | Modified on 2/27/25 at 3:04 PM in Basketball Picks

The Loyola Marymount Lions will try to close out the regular season in style tonight when they host the No. 23 Saint Mary’s Gaels at the Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA. This West Coast Conference battle will get underway at 11 p.m. ET; fans can find coverage via CBSSN.

Loyola Marymount has had some ups and downs this season. They’ve had two five-game winning streaks, one vs. non-conference opponents and the other in conference play. But they only had one stand-alone loss. Otherwise, every loss was followed by one or two more. The Lions have lost five of their last seven games, with two wins against Pepperdine mixed in. As for Saint Mary’s, the Gaels have been on cruise control in conference play, going 15-1. The one defeat was a 65-64 loss to the Dons in San Francisco. With a 74-67 victory over Gonzaga last weekend, the Gaels have won five in a row.

When these two teams played earlier in the season (Jan. 7), Saint Mary’s dominated the contest en route to a 25-point victory, 81-56. The game was competitive in the first half as the Gaels took a 30-24 lead into the break. But the second half was all Saint Mary’s as they blew the Lions out of the water, 51-32.