Arizona Wildcats vs Washington State Cougars Prediction, 1/13/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Wildcats vs Washington State Cougars

Date: Saturday, January 13, 2024

Location: Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, WA

TV: PAC12

Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum is the site where the Washington State Cougars (11-5) will attempt to beat the Arizona Wildcats (12-3) on Saturday.

The Arizona Wildcats faced off with Utah and walked away with a win by a score of 92-73 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Wildcats left the arena with 13 and Utah recorded 12 fouls. They also buried 10 out of their 35 tries from 3-point land. Utah finished the contest at 77.8% at the free throw line by converting 7 of their 9 attempts. In addition, Utah pulled down 23 rebounds (5 offensive, 18 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. Utah doled out 16 assists and had 10 steals in this matchup. Pertaining to the defense, Arizona allowed 41.2% from the field on 28 out of 68 shooting. They also recorded 22 assists for this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 7 steals. In the matter of hauling in rebounds, they compiled 40 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Wildcats converted 6 of 9 shots for a percentage of 66.7%. Arizona ended the contest with a 60.3% field goal percentage (38 of 63) and made 10 out of their 18 3-point shots.

Caleb Love is one guy who was important for this game. He finished 60.0% from the floor and also totaled 6 assists. He played 35 mins played and totaled 6 rebounds. He recorded 23 points on 9 of 15 shooting.

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Arizona will enter this matchup with a record of 12-3 so far this season. They average 92.6 pts per contest (1st in Division 1) while hitting 50.7% from the field. The Wildcats are shooting 38.5% on shots from downtown (119 of 309) and 73.4% from the free throw line. As a team, Arizona is snagging 44.1 rebounds per contest and has 299 dimes on the campaign, which ranks 5th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They are giving up possession 12.7 times per game and as a unit they are committing 16.3 fouls every game.

Defensively, the Wildcats are forcing their opponents into 14.9 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.8 fouls. They currently rank 254th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 213 relinquished this year. The Wildcats defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 41.9% (397 of 948) and they relinquish 30.3 boards per game as a basketball team. They are giving up 33.4% on three-point shots and they are ranked 190th in the country in PPG from their opponents (71.8).

For their last game, the Washington State Cougars walked away with a victory by a final of 72-64 against USC. The Cougars were able to pull down 29 defensive rebounds and 3 offensive rebounds totaling 32 for this contest. They coughed up the ball 13 times, while earning 4 steals for this contest. USC committed 21 personal fouls in this game which got the Cougars to the free throw line for 23 attempts. They were able to bury 18 of those for a percentage of 78.3%. With regard to shots from beyond the arc, Washington State made 6 of 19 tries (31.6%). Overall, the Cougars finished the game shooting 24 out of 51 from the floor which gave them a rate of 47.1%. The Cougars allowed USC to make 22 of 58 tries from the field which had them shooting 37.9% for the matchup. They shot 28.6% from 3-point land by shooting 6 out of 21 and walked away from this one shooting 14 of 22 at the free throw line (63.6%). In the matter of team rebounding, Washington State allowed USC to snag 29 overall (5 offensive).

Isaac Jones ended up being a major contributor for the Cougars in the matchup. He racked up 26 points in his 34 minutes on the court and totaled 3 dimes for the game. He converted 7 out of 10 for the matchup giving him a rate of 70.0%, and had 11 rebounds.

Washington State has a win-loss record of 11-5 so far this year. The Cougars have committed 17.6 personal fouls every game and they hit 68.9% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 13.0 times per contest (226th in the country) and they turn it over 11.0 times per game. Washington State has accounted for 1,197 points on the season (74.8 per contest) and they pull down 38.3 boards per game. As an offensive team, the Cougars are hitting on 47.3% from the floor, which is ranked 63rd in the country.

The Washington State defense surrenders 31.9% on 3-point shots (95 of 298) and opponents are connecting on 76.5% of their free throw shots. They have given up 9.9 dimes and 31.4 boards every game, which is 16th and 35th in Division 1. The Cougars on the defensive side of the court are 62nd in college hoops in PPG surrendered with 65.8. They are able to force 10.8 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 39.9% from the field (43rd in the country).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona

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