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Bellarmine @ No. 2 UCLA

Current Records: Bellarmine 0-4; UCLA 5-0

What to Know

The Bellarmine Knights will take on the #2 UCLA Bruins at 8 p.m. ET on Monday at T-Mobile Arena. The Bruins will be strutting in after a win while Bellarmine will be stumbling in from a defeat.

There's no need to mince words: the Knights lost to the Gonzaga Bulldogs this past Friday, and they lost bad. The score wound up at 92-50. Guard Dylan Penn (14 points) and guard Juston Betz (12 points) were the top scorers for Bellarmine.

Meanwhile, UCLA took their contest at home last week with ease, bagging a 98-63 victory over the North Florida Ospreys. UCLA got double-digit scores from five players: guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. (20), guard Johnny Juzang (17), guard Jules Bernard (15), guard Tyger Campbell (13), and guard David Singleton (11).

Bellarmine have to know they'll be fighting an uphill battle given the 22.50 point spread they are up against. Those betting on them against the spread shouldn't have high expectations for them since the team is 1-3 ATS when expected to lose.

The Knights are now 0-4 while the Bruins sit at 5-0. A couple stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: Bellarmine is worst in college basketball in points allowed per game, with 84.8 on average. UCLA's offense has more to brag about, as they they enter the matchup with 94.8 points per game on average, good for second best in college basketball. So the cards are definitely stacked in their favor.

How To Watch

  • When: Monday at 8 p.m. ET
  • Where: T-Mobile Arena -- Las Vegas, Nevada
  • TV: ESPN Plus
  • Follow: CBS Sports App

Odds

The Bruins are a big 22.5-point favorite against the Knights, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The line on this game has moved quite a bit since it opened, as it started out with the Bruins as a 19-point favorite.

Over/Under: -109

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Series History

This is the first time these teams have played each other within the last six years.

Injury Report for UCLA

  • Cody Riley: Out (Knee)
  • Mac Etienne: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Will McClendon: Out for the Season (Knee)

Injury Report for Bellarmine

No Injury Information