NCAA Basketball Odds: Portland at Gonzaga

Gonzaga plays Portland tonight. (AP Images)

Coming off their first defeat in 28 WCC games, the Gonzaga Bulldogs look to avoid their first consecutive league losses in nearly a decade when they host the Portland Pilots tonight.

College basketball betting odds have the Zags listed as 8.5-point favorites.

Saturday night's loss to San Francisco was the fifth league game Gonzaga has been involved in that was decided by seven points or fewer. Last season, just three of its 14 contests were that close.

Both of Portland’s losses were close games and came against the league’s top two teams, the most recent a 77-72 defeat at Saint Mary’s on Jan. 16.

The Pilots have blown out four opponents since that loss, winning by an average of 23.5 points and most recently beating the two teams that gave Gonzaga trouble.

Jared Stohl hit six 3s against the Bulldogs last month, while forward Robin Smeulders had a game-high 24 points.

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