St. Mary's Gaels vs Oregon State Beavers Prediction, 2/8/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Mary's Gaels vs Oregon State Beavers

Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025

Location: Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, OR

TV: ESPN+

The St. Mary's Gaels (20-3) are en route to Gill Coliseum on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the Oregon State Beavers (16-7).

The St. Mary's Gaels played Gonzaga and earned the victory with a final of 62-58 in their last contest. When it comes to fouls, the Gaels walked away with 15 while Gonzaga finished the game with 20 fouls. They converted 3 of their 17 attempts from 3-point land. Gonzaga finished the contest at 53.8% from the charity stripe by converting 7 of their 13 shots. On top of that, Gonzaga collected 29 rebounds (8 offensive, 21 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Gonzaga doled out 17 dimes and had 7 steals for this game. Pertaining to defending, St. Mary's allowed the other team to shoot 43.6% from the field on 24 of 55 shooting. They also doled out 16 assists for this contest while forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and earning 4 steals. In reference to rebounding, they collected 37 with 13 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Gaels buried 11 of their 22 tries for a percentage of 50.0%. St. Mary's finished having earned a 38.2% FG percentage (21 out of 55) and converted 9 of their 25 shots from 3-point land.

Mikey Lewis is one guy who was a contributor in this contest. He finished shooting 33.3% from the floor and also totaled 1 assist. He saw the court for 22 minutes and also collected 1 board. He notched 16 points on 6 out of 18 shooting.

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St. Mary's enters this contest with a mark of 20-3 for the season. They turn it over 10.0 times per game and as a group are committing 15.2 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, St. Mary's is grabbing 40.6 rebounds per game and is sitting with 383 assists this season, which ranks 24th in the nation in terms of passing. The Gaels are hitting 34.1% on shots from 3-point land (161 of 472) and 69.1% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 75.6 pts per contest (144th in the country) while going 45.7% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Gaels are able to force 11.7 turnovers every game while drawing 17.1 fouls. They are 133rd in Division 1 in giving up assists to the opposition with 285 conceded on the season. The Gaels are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 40.1% (513 of 1,279) and they relinquish 29.6 boards per contest as a team. They are giving up 31.4% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 7th in college hoops in opponents PPG (60.8).

The last time they took the court, the Oregon State Beavers took a loss by a score of 98-60 when they faced Gonzaga. When discussing attacking the glass, Oregon State permitted Gonzaga to get 35 overall (9 offensive). They wrapped up this game 52.9% from three-point range via 9 out of 17 and ended up shooting 23 of 27 from the free throw line (85.2%). The Beavers permitted Gonzaga to make 33 out of their 60 attempts from the field which had them at 55.0% in this matchup. When the final whistle blew, the Beavers went 21 out of 55 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 38.2%. In the matter of shooting from downtown, Oregon State converted 6 out of 23 attempts (26.1%). They were able to convert 12 of the free throws for a clip of 63.2%. Gonzaga committed 20 personal fouls in this game which took the Beavers to the charity stripe for 19 attempts. They also gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while earning 3 steals for this game. The Beavers pulled down 16 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 29 in this matchup.

Michael Rataj ended up being a factor for the Beavers in this matchup. He recorded 15 points in his 30 mins on the court and accumulated 2 dimes for the matchup. He converted 6 of 11 for the game giving him a rate of 54.5%, and accumulated 3 rebounds.

Oregon State has a mark of 16-7 so far this year. In terms of offensive execution, the Beavers are hitting on 49.3% from the field, which is ranked 14th in college. Oregon State has tallied 1,783 points for the campaign (77.5 per game) and they collect 33.8 boards per game. They are earning an assist 15.2 times per game (90th in the country) and they are turning it over 11.3 times per game. The Beavers are responsible for committing 15.7 personal fouls per game and they go 78.5% from the free throw line.

The Beavers on the defensive end are ranked 54th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 66.9. They are able to force 12.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 42.1% from the field (101st in D-1). The Oregon State defense surrenders 32.2% on shots from behind the 3-point line (175 of 544) and their opponents are connecting on 70.3% of their free throw attempts. They have allowed 13.3 assists and 29.8 total boards per game, which ranks 194th and 10th in college hoops.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Mary's

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