8:05 pm
January 26

Oklahoma @ West Virginia

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oklahoma Sooners (12-7)

@ West Virginia Mountaineers (13-5)

 

Current odds:

Oklahoma Sooners: (+125)

West Virginia Mountaineers: (-145)

 

• The spread for the game is West Virginia by 2.5 points.

• Huggins’ Mountaineers (13-5, 2-4 Big 12) have dropped three consecutive games and four of their last six, with those losses coming by an average of 16 points per game. Moser’s Sooners (12-7, 2-5) have lost four consecutive games and five of their last six.

• The Mountaineers are coming off a 78-65 loss at Texas Tech on Saturday, a game in which West Virginia was outrebounded 39-29. West Virginia is being outrebounded by nearly two rebounds per game this season. Gabe Osabuohien leads West Virginia on the boards this season with 5.8 per game. Taz Sherman powers the Mountaineers in scoring with 18.9 points per game.

• The Sooners, meanwhile, have struggled with turnovers all season but especially recently, giving the ball up 20 or more times in two of their last three games. On the season, Oklahoma has a negative-0.2 turnover margin. A big part of Oklahoma’s struggles has been the drop-off of Tanner Groves. Groves averaged 14.3 points and was shooting 58.8 percent from the field — and 40.5 percent from beyond the arc — during the first 12 games. Over his last six, he’s averaging 9.5 points on 47.9 percent shooting, and just 28.6 percent on 3-pointers. Groves still leads the Sooners in scoring with 12.7 points per game, while Umoja Gibson averages 12.4 points.

• The Sooners have swept the Mountaineers each of the last two seasons.

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Confidence
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