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UCLA vs Washington State Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/4/23

Washington State Cougars (10-14) vs. UCLA Bruins (18-4)
February 4, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: UCLA Bruins -11.5 / Washington State Cougars +11.5; Over/Under: +129.5
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The Washington State Cougars and the UCLA Bruins meet in college basketball action from Pauley Pavilion on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

UCLA is listed as an 11.5-point favorite with a -800 price tag. The total for this game is set at 129.5 points.

Injuries

For Washington State, Shae Korpela, Braden Korpela, Dylan Darling, Adrame Diongue and DJ Rodman are all questionable for this game after dealing with an illness while UCLA doesn’t have any new announcements on their injury report.

Matchup History

UCLA’s 67-66 win back on December 30th, 2022, made it three straight wins for the Bruins in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Washington State is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 Saturday games while the under is 11-3 in their last 14 road games. UCLA is 8-3-1 ATS in their last 12 home games against a team with a losing road record and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games following a win while the under is 7-0 in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record.

Pick

I’m backing the over here. I just think this total is too low. UCLA is playing solid defense at home, but we’ve seen teams like Washington State contribute enough to get the totals up and over the number, and even if we get into the mid-70s with UCLA here, it doesn’t leave a ton of wood for the Cougars to have to chop to get us up and over the number. Give me the over.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Over 129.5

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Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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