At 9:30pm ET, my November Total Of the Month is on Arizona State vs Saint Marys Under. Within my writeup on St Mary's yesterday, I said that: "The Gaels play a controlled, slower-paced game that wears down opponents. They're excellent at dictating the tempo and reducing the number of possessions. That's going to prove effective against a USC team which has shown inconsistency." As anticipated, the Trojans struggled against the physical Saint Mary's defense. USC shot 13-of-50 from the floor, including 0-for-12 from 3-point range. The Trojans finished with just 38 points! That was a USC team which had scored 80 or more in b2b games and had scored 98 in a game earlier. The Sun Devils have been scoring plenty themselves but they haven't seen a defense anything like this one. The Gaels have now held 2 of their last 3 opponents to less than 40 points. (They held the Sun Devils to 56 when they played them several years back.) They will slow the game down and that'll keep the final score below the total. Play on the under.