Pacific vs. Portland Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 8

The Pacific Tigers (11-6, 2-2 WCC) visit the Portland Pilots (7-10, 0-4 WCC) at Chiles Center, beginning at 10 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 8, 2026. The Tigers are 2.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup's point total is set at 144.5.

Pacific is coming off of a 74-69 victory over Pepperdine in its last outing on Sunday. Elias Ralph's team-high 22 points led Pacific in the win. Portland's last contest on Sunday ended in a 73-68 loss to San Francisco. Portland got a team-leading 21 points from Cameron Williams in the loss.

Pacific vs. Portland Odds and Game Time

• When: Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 10 p.m. ET
• Where: Chiles Center in Portland, Oregon
• Spread favorite: Pacific -2.5
• Moneyline favorite: Pacific -144
• Moneyline underdog: Portland +121
• Over/Under: 144.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: Pacific vs. Portland

• Six of Pacific's games this season have gone over Thursday's total of 144.5 points.
• There have been nine Portland games that ended with a combined score higher than 144.5 points this season.
• Together, the two teams combine for 153.5 points per game, 9.0 points more than the over/under of 144.5 for this game.
• This matchup's over/under is 3.8 fewer points than the 148.3 these two teams combine to allow per game in 2024.
• This season the average over/under for Pacific's games is 142.4 points, 2.1 fewer than the over/under of 144.5 set for this contest.
• Portland's games have an average over/under of 159.4 points this season, 14.9 more points than the over/under for this matchup.

Betting the Spread: Pacific vs. Portland

• Against the spread, Pacific is 9-6-0 this season.
• The Tigers have been favored by 2.5 points or more 10 times this season and are 7-3 ATS in those contests.
• Against the spread, Portland is 7-8-0 this year.
• So far this year, the Pilots have been installed as underdogs by a 2.5-point margin or more 11 times and are 4-7 ATS in those games.
• At home this season, Portland is 5-4 overall and 5-4 against the spread.
• At home, as a 2.5-point underdog or more, Portland has two wins ATS (2-1).
• Pacific is 2-6 overall, and 4-4 against the spread, away from home.
• Pacific has two wins ATS (2-1) away from home as 2.5-point favorites or more.

Betting the Moneyline: Pacific vs. Portland

• This season, Pacific has won nine out of the 10 games in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
• The Tigers have entered nine games this season favored by -144 or more, and won each of those games.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 59% chance of a victory for Pacific.
• Portland has been a moneyline underdog in 11 games this season and has come away with the win one time (9.1%) in those contests.
• This year, the Pilots have won one of 11 games when listed as at least +121 or worse on the moneyline.
• Portland has an implied victory probability of 45.2% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.