Oklahoma Sooners vs Missouri Tigers Prediction, 2/12/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oklahoma Sooners vs Missouri Tigers

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Location: Mizzou Arena in Columbia, MO

TV: ESPN+

The Missouri Tigers (17-6) will play the Oklahoma Sooners (16-7) at Mizzou Arena on Wednesday.

The Oklahoma Sooners faced off with Tennessee and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 70-52 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Sooners ended up finishing with 12 and Tennessee finished the game with 11 personal fouls. They also buried 9 out of their 21 attempts from distance. Tennessee finished the game at 60.0% at the charity stripe by making 3 of their 5 tries. In addition, Tennessee grabbed 32 rebounds (5 offensive, 27 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Tennessee earned 18 assists and had 8 steals in this matchup. Regarding defending, Oklahoma allowed their opponent to shoot 60.4% from the field on 29 out of 48 shooting. They also doled out 8 assists in the matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 18 turnovers and having 8 steals. In regard to hauling in rebounds, they earned 20 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Sooners converted 12 of 12 tries for a rate of 100.0%. Oklahoma ended the game with a 32.1% FG percentage (17 out of 53) and buried 6 out of their 23 3-point attempts.

Jalon Moore is one guy who was a factor in this contest. He shot 33.3% from the field but didn't record an assist. He saw the court for 31 minutes played and also grabbed 4 boards. He walked away with 12 points on 4 of 12 shooting.

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Oklahoma steps onto the hardwood with a record of 16-7 on the campaign. They average 78.5 pts per contest (76th in the nation) on 47.6% from the field. The Sooners are connecting on 37.1% on 3-point shots (203 of 547) and 80.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Oklahoma is collecting 31.9 rebounds per game and has accumulated 328 dimes this year, which ranks 198th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 12.3 times per contest and as a team they commit 17.7 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Sooners are able to force 13.6 turnovers per game and they draw 17.3 personal fouls. They currently rank 46th in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 269 surrendered on the campaign. The Sooners are giving up a field goal percentage of 43.8% (584 of 1,333) and they surrender 33.9 rebounds per game as a unit. They are giving up 28.8% on shots from distance and they are 187th in the country in opponents points per game (71.7).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Missouri Tigers took a defeat with a final score of 67-64 when they played Texas A&M. When it comes to cleaning up the glass, Missouri permitted Texas A&M to pull down 31 in all (9 offensive). They went 26.3% from 3-point land by shooting 5 out of 19 and ended up shooting 14 out of 23 at the free throw line (60.9%). The Tigers permitted Texas A&M to knock down 24 out of 53 tries from the field which had them shooting 45.3% in this contest. When the final whistle was blown, the Tigers ended up shooting 21 out of 53 from the field which gave them a rate of 39.6%. In terms of three-point attempts, Missouri converted 5 out of their 21 tries (23.8%). They were able to knock down 17 of them for a percentage of 85.0%. Texas A&M committed 19 personal fouls for this contest which got the Tigers to the free throw line for a total of 20 attempts. They turned it over 12 times, while earning 10 steals for this game. The Tigers pulled down 19 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards totaling 29 in the game.

Tamar Bates ended up being a major contributor for the Tigers in the matchup. He knocked down 5 of 17 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 29.4%, and accounted for 3 rebounds. He tallied 16 points in his 34 mins on the court, but wasn't able to notch an assist.

Missouri has a win-loss mark of 17-6 for the season. The Tigers are committing 17.2 fouls per contest while shooting 71.9% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 13.7 times per game (186th in the country) and they are giving up possession 10.8 times per contest. Missouri has accounted for 1,896 points on the season (82.4 per game) and they pull in 34.7 rebounds per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Tigers are shooting 47.9% from the floor, which has them ranked 43rd in college hoops.

The Tigers defensively are ranked 98th in Division 1 in points allowed per game with 69.2. They are able to force 14.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 42.3% from the floor (108th in the nation). The Missouri defense allows 34.2% on three-point shots (170 of 497) and their opposition makes 74.6% of their shots from the free throw line. They allow 11.7 dimes and 33.1 boards per game, ranking them 70th and 107th in D-1.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Oklahoma

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