Arizona Wildcats vs Stanford Cardinal Prediction, 1/20/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Wildcats vs Stanford Cardinal

Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022

Location: Maples Pavilion in Stanford, CA

TV: ESPNU

The Arizona Wildcats (14-1) are en route to Maples Pavilion on Thursday where they will take on the Stanford Cardinal (10-5).

The Arizona Wildcats played Utah and notched a win by a score of 82-64 in their last game. Regarding fouls, the Wildcats walked away with 15 while Utah accounted for 18 fouls. They also made 6 of 16 attempts from 3-point range. Utah went 100.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 12 of 12 tries. Additionally, Utah had 27 rebounds (8 offensive, 19 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Utah recorded 9 assists and had 5 steals in the game. When it comes to defense, Arizona allowed the other team to shoot 41.1% from the floor on 23 of 56 shooting. They also doled out 24 dimes in the game while forcing 18 turnovers and having 10 steals. In regard to rebounding, they collected 32 with 11 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Wildcats buried 13 of 16 shots for a percentage of 81.3%. Arizona finished the game with a 50.8% FG percentage (33 out of 65) and knocked down 3 out of their 18 three-point shots.

Azuolas Tubelis is a player who was a major factor in this game. He went 58.3% from the floor and also earned 5 dimes. He saw the court for 36 mins and also totaled 8 rebounds. He totaled 32 points on 14 out of 24 shooting.

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Arizona heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 14-1 so far this year. They are averaging 88.5 points per contest (2nd in college basketball) while shooting 49.9% from the field. The Wildcats are hitting 34.7% from downtown (125 of 360) and 71.9% from the free throw line. As a team, Arizona is grabbing 43.3 boards per contest and is sitting with 328 assists so far this year, which has them ranked 3rd in college hoops in terms of passing. They are turning it over 13.8 times per game and as a squad are committing 17.4 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Wildcats have forced 15.3 turnovers per contest while drawing 18.2 personal fouls. They concede 30.9% on shots from beyond the arc and they are ranked 73rd in college basketball in opponents PPG (64.4). The Wildcats are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 36.8% (352 of 957) and they concede 33.1 rebounds per contest as a squad. They rank 48th in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 165 relinquished for the campaign.

For their last game, the Stanford Cardinal went home defeated by a final of 67-64 against Washington. When discussing rebounding, Stanford allowed Washington to get 25 in all (11 on the offensive side). They went 35.7% from three-point range via 10 out of 28 and walked away from this one shooting 15 out of 22 at the charity stripe (68.2%). The Cardinal allowed Washington to bury 21 of 59 tries from the floor which left them shooting 35.6% in the matchup. When the final whistle blew, the Cardinal walked away from this one shooting 22 for 49 from the field which gave them a rate of 44.9%. In terms of shooting from downtown, Stanford converted 6 of 20 attempts (30.0%). They were able to bury 14 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 60.9%. Washington earned 19 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Cardinal to the free throw line for 23 attempts. They also turned it over 21 times, while earning 3 steals in the game. The Cardinal corralled 32 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 41 for this contest.

Lukas Kisunas pitched in for the Cardinal for this contest. He scored 10 points in his 21 mins on the court and accumulated 1 assist in this game. He knocked down 3 of 4 in this contest giving him a rate of 75.0%, and accumulated 12 rebounds.

Stanford has a win-loss mark of 10-5 on the season. As an offense, the Cardinal are shooting 45.2% from the field, which is 138th in college basketball. Stanford has accounted for 1,047 points on the campaign (69.8 per contest) and they collect 38.0 rebounds per contest. They are earning an assist 13.9 times per contest (144th in the nation) and they are turning it over 15.7 times per contest. The Cardinal commit 18.1 fouls per game and they hit 64.6% from the free throw line.

The Cardinal on defense are ranked 178th in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 68.7. They have forced 11.7 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.7% from the field (239th in college basketball). The Stanford defense concedes 33.0% on shots from beyond the arc (118 of 358) and their opponents are converting on 65.9% of their foul shots. They have conceded 11.3 assists and 29.2 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 88th and 9th in D-1.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Stanford

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