Portland State is coming into this game with a 2-2 record this season and they have been playing in some high scoring games all season. All 4 of their games this season have seen over 160 points total in them and both teams have scored 70+ points in all 4 games as well. Their offense has been very strong as they have not scored less than 74 points in any of their 4 games, scoring 85+ points in 3 of those, but their defense has been awful as they have allowed 76+ points in all 4 games and 84+ points in 3 of those. Even in their 1 game against a weaker team that does not play in Division I, they scored 131 points in the game but also gave up 84 points. They have the 5th best offense in the country right now through their first 4 games, averaging 95.5 points scored per game, but they also have a bottom 5 defense ranking 359th as they average 87.8 points allowed per game. They are going up against a St. Thomas side that is 3-3 this season and has also been playing in a lot of high scoring games recently. They have seen 156+ points total in 4 of their 6 games this season and all 6 of their games have seen 147+ points total as well. They have also seen both teams scored 70+ points in 4 of their 6 games. Their offense has been good as they have scored 90+ points in 3 of their 6 games as well, but their defense has been awful as they have allowed 70+ points in 5 of their 6 games this season, allowing 80+ points in 3 of their last 4 games as well. They are averaging 83 points scored per game this season while allowing 73.8 points per game, and they are coming off of an 81-73 loss to Wofford in their 1st game of this tournament. Both of these teams lost their 1st game so they will be pushing to win here and neither team has played great defense so they are both going to drive the score up. They are both on a B2B here as well so there is going to be some fatigue and that will affect the effort on defense more. Between these two sides, there will be enough points in this game to push it over the total.