UC Davis Hosts Incarnate Word on Veterans Day as 11.5-Point Favorite
UC Davis basketball closes its homestand on Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, against the Incarnate Word Cardinals. The Aggies come in off a 65-52 home win over Menlo, while Incarnate Word lost 79-60 at UTEP in its previous game.
UC Davis basketball finishes its homestand on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, when the Aggies host the Incarnate Word Cardinals in a men's college game. The home side arrives with a win. The visitors arrive after a heavy defeat.
How both teams arrive
UC Davis won its last outing at home, beating Menlo 65-52. The Aggies held the Oaks to 52 points and never had to chase a high-scoring game.
Incarnate Word went the other way. The Cardinals lost 79-60 on the road against the UTEP Miners, a 19-point margin in their most recent game.
One result is a home win in a low-scoring contest. The other is a road loss by a wide gap. That contrast shapes how the matchup is being read.
Where the market has the game
Oddsmakers see this as a one-sided contest. UC Davis is the clear favorite, with a point spread of 11.5. The spread is the number of points a favorite is expected to win by.
The listed total for the game is 145.5 points, combining both teams' scores. Pre-game odds priced Incarnate Word as a long shot to win outright.
Those numbers are bookmaker estimates, not results. They reflect how the market rated the teams before tip-off.
Scoring trend for Incarnate Word
Incarnate Word's recent games have not tended to be shootouts. The 145.5-point total went uncovered in four of the Cardinals' last five games. Over their last 10 games, it went uncovered in seven.
The line also was not covered in the Cardinals' last two games. In other words, their games have generally finished with fewer combined points than the total set for them.
UC Davis's last game fits a similar pattern. The 65-52 win over Menlo produced 117 combined points, well short of the 145.5 mark set for this game.
Why the Veterans Day date matters
The game closes a home stretch for the Aggies, so UC Davis has the chance to leave it with another win in front of its own crowd. For Incarnate Word, the trip follows a road defeat at UTEP and offers a chance to answer it.
The game was scheduled for Wednesday, November 11, and the final score was not available in the information supplied for this preview.
