The Arizona Wildcats are on the road at the Oregon State Beavers on Thursday. This is a College Basketball game out of the Pac-12 Conference. The 9th ranked Arizona Wildcats are 14-4 on the season, and currently lead the Pac-12 Conference. The Wildcats are coming off back to back wins, including a six point win at home over UCLA on Saturday. Arizona is currently in a three way tie for the lead in the Pac-12, at 5-2.
For Oregon State, they have struggled this season. After starting the year 9-4, they have dropped five straight games. The Beavers are 1-6 in conference play this season, and were downed by 33 points on the road at Colorado on Saturday.
The Arizona Wildcats are -18 over Oregon State. The total is set at 149.
Oregon State’s Struggles are Strong
Oregon State has dropped five straight games, and lost those games by a combined 78 points. Most notably, the Beavers have lost back to back games by 27 points and 33 points. Oregon State is one of the worst offensive teams in the nation, scoring under 70 points per game. The Beavers make just 6.1 three point shots per game, ranking outside the Top 300 in College Basketball.
The top scorer for Oregon State has been Jordan Pope, with 17 points per game. The other two guys for the Beavers scoring double digits per game are Tyler Bilodeau and Dexter Akanno. Those two guys are scoring 12.7 and 11.4 points per game respectively.
The Beavers will host Arizona State on Saturday. After that, they are heading out on the road for back to back games at UCLA on February 1st and USC on February 3rd.
Arizona Wildcats Threat to Win Title
The Wildcats of Arizona are one of the top scoring teams in all of College Basketball. Arizona comes into the game scoring just shy of 90 points per game. The Wildcats are also one of the best rebounding teams in the nation, with 40.6 per game, and have shared the ball really well all season with 19.2 assists per game.
Caleb Love is the top scorer for Arizona this season. The guard is scoring 18.9 points per game. In their recent loss at Washington State, Love scored 28 points, and grabbed 8 rebounds. He has scored 20+ in 6 out of his last 8 games.
Arizona is on the road at the Oregon Ducks on Saturday. Following that, the Wildcats are at home to take on the California Bears on February 1st and Stanford Cardinal on the 4th.
Wildcats Eat up Beavers
Oregon State has a chance to do something fun here and pull an upset where the last place team beats the first place team. The Beavers are really struggling, so this would be a monster win to kick start their confidence a little bit.
Unfortunately, the skill and the talent of the Wildcats is too much in this game. Arizona goes on the road and wins this game by 20+. We are going to take the Arizona Wildcats -18 over the Oregon State Beavers on Thursday in College Basketball.
