Oklahoma Sooners vs Cincinnati Bearcats Prediction, 1/20/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oklahoma Sooners vs Cincinnati Bearcats

Date: Saturday, January 20, 2024

Location: Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, OH

TV: BIG12|ESPN+

The Oklahoma Sooners (14-3) are hitting the road to Fifth Third Arena on Saturday where they will try to beat the Cincinnati Bearcats (13-4).

The Oklahoma Sooners stepped onto the hardwood against West Virginia and went home with a win by a final score of 77-63 in their last contest. Oklahoma finished the contest with a 49.0% field goal percentage (25 of 51) and made 5 out of their 15 shots from distance. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Sooners knocked down 22 of 30 tries for a rate of 73.3%. With regard to pulling down boards, they earned 33 with 10 of them being offensive. They also doled out 16 dimes in this matchup while creating 15 turnovers and getting 11 steals. With regard to defending, Oklahoma allowed their opponent to shoot 45.7% from the floor on 21 out of 46 shooting. West Virginia dished out 10 assists and had 9 steals in this contest. In addition, West Virginia totaled 19 rebounds (3 offensive, 16 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. West Virginia finished 70.0% at the free throw line by making 14 of 20 shots. They also converted 7 out of their 23 shots from beyond the arc. When discussing personal fouls, the Sooners finished with 13 while West Virginia totaled 19 personal fouls.

Jalon Moore is one guy who was a major contributor for this game. He went 63.6% from the field and also recorded 2 dimes. He saw the court for 26 mins played and also pulled down 5 rebounds. He accounted for 16 points on 7 out of 11 shooting.

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Oklahoma comes into this matchup with a win-loss record of 14-3 this year. They are turning it over 13.3 times per game and as a squad are committing 15.2 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Oklahoma is collecting 38.0 rebounds per game and is sitting with 249 dimes for the campaign, which ranks 126th in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Sooners are shooting 34.9% on shots from distance (132 of 378) and 75.7% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 79.9 pts per contest (58th in the country) while shooting 48.9% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Sooners are able to force 12.8 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 17.1 personal fouls. They are ranked 22nd in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 178 surrendered this year. The Sooners are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 39.9% (396 of 993) and they relinquish 30.4 boards per game as a squad. They are relinquishing 27.8% on three-point shots and they are 37th in the nation in PPG allowed (65.1).

For their last game, the Cincinnati Bearcats went home victorious with a score of 81-77 against TCU. The Bearcats earned 25 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 34 in this game. They coughed up the ball 15 times, while earning 8 steals for the contest. TCU had 19 fouls for the matchup which got the Bearcats to the charity stripe for 21 tries. They were able to bury 11 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 52.4%. Pertaining to 3-pointers, Cincinnati made 6 out of their 16 attempts (37.5%). When this game wrapped up, the Bearcats walked away from this one shooting 32 out of 61 from the floor which had them shooting 52.5%. The Bearcats permitted TCU to convert 30 of their 72 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 41.7% for the contest. They shot 44.0% from distance by going 11 out of 25 and ended up going 6 out of 12 from the free throw line (50.0%). In reference to rebounding, Cincinnati allowed TCU to snag 34 overall (12 on the offensive glass).

Day Day Thomas ended up having an impact for the Bearcats for the matchup. He converted 9 of 17 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 52.9%, and had 4 rebounds. He earned 21 points in his 33 mins on the hardwood and earned 6 dimes in this matchup.

Cincinnati has a win-loss mark of 13-4 this season. On the offensive side of the court, the Bearcats are connecting on 45.6% from the field, which is 138th in the country. Cincinnati has 1,351 pts on the season (79.5 per game) and they pull in 42.1 rebounds per game. They are getting an assist 16.6 times per contest (31st in Division 1) and they turn it over 11.4 times per game. The Bearcats are committing 14.2 personal fouls per contest and they go 67.1% from the charity stripe.

The Bearcats defensively are ranked 70th in college basketball in PPG allowed with 66.4. They have forced 12.4 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 41.0% from the floor (70th in Division 1). The Cincinnati defense allows 31.6% from downtown (119 of 377) and opponents are making 73.4% of their foul shots. They have allowed 12.8 assists and 31.2 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 177th and 30th in college hoops.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oklahoma

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