Oregon State Beavers vs Arizona Wildcats Prediction, 2/17/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oregon State Beavers vs Arizona Wildcats

Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022

Location: McKale Center in Tucson, AZ

TV: PAC12

The Arizona Wildcats (22-2) will play the Oregon State Beavers (3-20) at McKale Center on Thursday.

The Oregon State Beavers took the court against Colorado and took a loss by a final of 90-64 in their last contest. With respect to personal fouls, the Beavers ended up finishing with 17 and Colorado racked up 11 personal fouls. They knocked down 10 of their 21 shots from beyond the perimeter. Colorado finished the contest at 81.8% at the free throw line by converting 18 of their 22 attempts. Additionally, Colorado snagged 42 rebounds (11 offensive, 31 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Colorado dished out 20 assists and had 5 steals for the contest. In relation to defense, Oregon State let their opponent shoot 50.0% from the floor on 31 of 62 shooting. They also doled out 16 dimes in this game while forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 8 steals. With respect to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 23 with 4 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Beavers converted 5 of 7 shots for a rate of 71.4%. Oregon State ended with a 44.4% FG percentage (28 of 63) and made 3 out of their 19 shots from 3-point land.

Dashawn Davis is one player who came through in the matchup. He scored 22 points on 9 of 17 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 36 minutes played and also grabbed 3 rebounds. He ended up going 52.9% from the field and also earned 6 assists.

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Oregon State will enter this game with a win-loss record of 3-20 this year. They turn the ball over 12.2 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 17.4 fouls per contest. As a team, Oregon State is grabbing 30.9 rebounds per contest and has accumulated 283 assists on the season, which is 276th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. The Beavers are connecting on 30.8% on three-point attempts (124 of 403) and 67.8% from the free throw line. They are averaging 67.2 points per contest (279th in D-1) while hitting 44.2% from the floor.

On defense, the Beavers are able to force 12.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.2 personal fouls. They are 238th in college basketball in giving up assists with 330 relinquished this year. The Beavers defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 46.7% (630 of 1,349) and they surrender 36.4 boards per game as a squad. They are giving up 35.3% on three-point shots while they are 324th in college basketball in opponents PPG (75.7).

When they last stepped on the court, the Arizona Wildcats walked away with a victory by a final of 92-68 when they faced Washington. The Wildcats were able to snag 22 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 33 in this contest. They also coughed up the ball 9 times, while getting 9 steals in this contest. Washington committed 18 fouls for the matchup which got the Wildcats to the charity stripe for a total of 20 tries. They were able to knock down 12 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 60.0%. With respect to shots from distance, Arizona made 8 of 20 attempts (40.0%). When the final whistle blew, the Wildcats shot 36 for 63 from the floor which gave them a rate of 57.1%. The Wildcats allowed Washington to knock down 21 out of 59 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 35.6% in this matchup. They wrapped up this game 17.6% from 3-point land via 3 of 17 and walked away from this one shooting 23 out of 31 at the free throw line (74.2%). Regarding how they attacked the glass, Arizona permitted Washington to snag 34 in all (14 on the offensive glass).

Bennedict Mathurin ended up being a factor for the Wildcats in this contest. He totaled 25 points in his 31 mins of playing time and totaled 3 assists for this game. He knocked down 8 out of 11 in the game giving him a field goal percentage of 72.7%, and had 5 rebounds.

Arizona has a mark of 22-2 this year. The Wildcats are committing 16.6 fouls per contest and they go 72.0% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 20.1 times per game (1st in the nation) and they lose possession via turnover 13.7 times per game. Arizona has totaled 2,037 pts for the year (84.9 per contest) and they pull down 43.6 boards per contest. As an offense, the Wildcats are connecting on 48.8% from the field, which has them ranked 10th in Division 1.

The Arizona defense surrenders 31.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter (171 of 548) and their opponents are converting on 65.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 11.5 dimes and 34.1 rebounds per game, which ranks them 81st and 148th in those defensive categories. The Wildcats defensively are ranked 66th in the country in points allowed per contest with 65.0. They are forcing 13.6 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 36.9% from the floor (2nd in D-1).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oregon State

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