11:00 pm
February 21

Oregon State @ UCLA

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oregon State Beavers (16-8)

@ UCLA Bruins (13-13)

 

Current odds:

Oregon State Beavers: (+115)

UCLA Bruins: (-135)

 

• The line for the game is UCLA by 2 points.

• The 72-57 win over the Ducks was the Beavers’ fourth win in their last five games, ensuring the program’s best 12-game conference start since the 1990-91 squad began 11-1. Forward Tres Tinkle (20.1 points per game) and guards/brothers Stephen Thompson Jr. (16.3) and Ethan Thompson (13.7) account for more than two-thirds (67.6 percent) of Oregon State’s scoring and each of the three also averages at least 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists. As a team, the Beavers rank second in the conference in field-goal percentage (47.0) and assists per game (15.2) but bring up the rear in 3-point accuracy at 32.3 percent.

• Points haven’t been the problem for the Bruins who are averaging a conference-best 79.6 in Pac-12 play. Rather, sloppy ball handling (league-most 16.2 turnovers in conference action), off-target free-throw shooting (conference-worst 62.8 percent for the season) and poor defense (79.5 points surrendered per Pac-12 contest) have been UCLA’s downfalls, and its 104-80 loss at Stanford last Saturday night is only the latest example. Guards Kris Wilkes (17.3 points), Jaylen Hands (13.0) and center Moses Brown (10.5) are the Bruins’ leading scorers while Hands leads the team – and the Pac-12 – with 6.2 assists per outing.

• UCLA has won 13 of the last 14 against Oregon State at Pauley Pavilion, with the lone Beavers victory during that span coming on March 5, 2016.

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