Oklahoma Sooners vs Baylor Bears Prediction, 2/8/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oklahoma Sooners vs Baylor Bears

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Location: Ferrell Center in Waco, TX

TV: ESPN+

The Oklahoma Sooners (12-11) are en route to Ferrell Center on Wednesday where they will go up against the Baylor Bears (17-6).

The Oklahoma Sooners faced off with West Virginia and went home with a loss by a final score of 93-61 in their last contest. In relation to fouls, the Sooners walked away with 26 while West Virginia finished the game with 18 fouls. They also converted 9 out of their 22 attempts from 3-point range. West Virginia walked away from this one shooting 77.4% when shooting free throws by knocking down 24 of their 31 attempts. Furthermore, West Virginia had 41 rebounds (13 offensive, 28 defensive), but didn't notch a block. West Virginia doled out 14 assists and had 11 steals in this contest. In the matter of defending, Oklahoma allowed the other team to go 46.9% from the field on 30 of 64 shooting. They also recorded 8 assists in the game in addition to forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and having 4 steals. With regard to rebounding, they compiled a total of 29 with 10 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Sooners buried 12 of their 22 attempts for a percentage of 54.5%. Oklahoma finished the game with a 37.3% FG percentage (22 out of 59) and buried 5 out of their 21 shots from 3-point land.

Grant Sherfield is a player who was a contributor in the game. He walked away from this one shooting 46.2% from the field and also distributed 1 assist. He played for 29 minutes and grabbed 3 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 16 points on 6 out of 13 shooting.

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Oklahoma will take the court with a win-loss record of 12-11 for the season. They have an average of 67.8 points per outing (278th in the nation) while going 47.2% from the field. The Sooners are hitting 35.3% on shots beyond the perimeter (153 of 433) and 73.0% from the charity stripe. As a team, Oklahoma is pulling down 32.3 rebounds per contest and has tallied 306 dimes for the season, which is 223rd in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 13.0 times per contest and as a unit are committing 15.8 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Sooners are forcing 10.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 15.2 fouls. They are ranked 13th in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 224 conceded for the year. The Sooners are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 42.3% (558 of 1,318) and they concede 32.3 boards per game as a group. They are relinquishing 29.8% on shots from downtown while they are 88th in college basketball in opponents points per game (66.3).

For their last game, the Baylor Bears walked away with a victory by a final of 89-62 against Texas Tech. The Bears corralled 24 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards for a total of 32 in the matchup. They coughed up the ball 8 times, while getting 4 steals in the game. Texas Tech was called for 15 fouls for the matchup which took the Bears to the charity stripe for a total of 13 attempts. They were able to knock down 9 of those for a rate of 69.2%. With respect to shooting from 3-point land, Baylor made 10 out of their 24 tries (41.7%). When the final whistle was blown, the Bears shot 35 for 65 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 53.8%. The Bears permitted Texas Tech to knock down 24 of their 55 attempts from the field which had them shooting 43.6% in the game. They went 25.0% from three-point range by connecting on 5 of 20 and finished the contest at 9 of 11 at the charity stripe (81.8%). Regarding team rebounding, Baylor allowed Texas Tech to snag 23 overall (3 offensive).

Jalen Bridges ended up being a major contributor for the Bears in the matchup. He made 7 out of 12 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 58.3%, and accounted for 8 rebounds. He earned 18 points in his 26 minutes on the court, but wasn't able to notch an assist.

Baylor has a record of 17-6 so far this year. When it comes to executing on offense, the Bears are shooting 44.7% from the floor, which is 176th in the country. Baylor has earned 1,815 pts on the year (78.9 per game) and they collect 36.3 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 15.4 times per game (44th in the country) and they lose possession via turnover 12.2 times per game. The Bears are committing 17.6 fouls per contest and they hit 75.0% from the free throw line.

The Baylor defense gives up 32.6% on shots from behind the 3-point line (159 of 488) and their opponents are making 71.1% of their free throw shots. They have conceded 14.8 assists and 31.3 boards on a nightly basis, which is ranked 325th and 38th in college basketball. The Bears on the defensive side of the court are 168th in college hoops in PPG given up with 69.0. They are forcing their opponents into 14.3 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.3% from the floor (239th in Division 1).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baylor

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