The Brigham Young Cougars are on the road at the Oklahoma Sooners on Tuesday in a huge Big 12 affair. The Cougars are on the road, with their 16-5 record, and seeking their third straight win. Brigham Young is coming off a 13 point win on the road at West Virginia on Saturday. In conference play, the Cougars are 4-4. That is 7th in the league.
For the Sooners, they are coming off a road loss at the Central Florida Knights. The Sooners are now 16-6 on the season. Oklahoma has gone 5-5 in their last 10 games. In Big 12 play, the Sooners are 4-5, which is tied with several other teams for 8th.
The Brigham Young Cougars are -1 on the road. The total is 151.
Cougars Enjoying Big 12 Life
In the first season within the Big-12 Conference, the Brigham Young Cougars have held their own. The Cougars in the latest win used 24 points from Foussseyni Traore. It was their second straight win; as they beat the Texas Longhorns by 12 the previous game. In the win over the Longhorns, Noah Waterman and Jaxson Robinson anchored the scoring with 17.
Robinson leads the Cougars attack with nearly 14 points per game. Brigham Young is using a fairly balanced attack to rank 17th in College Basketball in offense. The Cougars rank 3rd in assists per game, with 20.1 per game, while 22nd in rebounds, with more than 41 per game.
Brigham Young will host Kansas State and Central Florida next. After that, they head to Oklahoma State, before coming back home to take on Baylor. The Cougars are Kansas at the end of February.
Sooners Seeking Improvements
As the new month arrives, Porter Moser and the Oklahoma Sooners would like to figure out a way to get some momentum going. The Sooners have not won more than two in a row since the end of 2023. They beat West Virginia and Cincinnati, but lost to Texas and Texas Tech. They then beat Kansas State, and lost to Central Florida.
Javian McCollum is the top scorer for Oklahoma. The guard is scoring more than 14 points per game, playing 31 minutes per game. Milos Uzan is scoring 8.5 points per game, and dishing out 4.4 assists. The Sooners are scoring 77.6 points per game, while allowing opponents to score 66.3.
The Sooners are at home against rival Oklahoma State on February 10th. Oklahoma then goes to Baylor, before they get a chance to host the Kansas Jayhawks on February 17th. After the, the Sooners are at Oklahoma State and Iowa State.
Thriller in Norman
The Big 12 is quite the conference this season. Every night is a new battle with some of the best teams in College Basketball. This game is going to be no different. Oklahoma knows they need to hold serve at home. Winning games at home is pretty important in a league that is nearly impossible to grab road wins. In the end, we are taking the home team. Betting the Oklahoma Sooners +1 over Brigham Young is the play.
