Oklahoma vs West Virginia Basketball Picks 1-17-24

The West Virginia Mountaineers and the Oklahoma Sooners meet in college basketball action from the Lloyd Noble Center on Wednesday night. Two 1-2 teams duke it out in Big 12 conference play, who comes out on top to get back to .500? Let’s dive in and find out with our West Virginia vs. Oklahoma Prediction.

West Virginia Team Preview

The West Virginia Mountaineers come into this one looking to build on a 76-73 win over Texas last time out. RaeQuan Battle leads the Mountaineers with 20.2 PPG and 4.8 RPG in 6 games so far while Jesse Edwards has 14.8 PPG with a team-high 8.7 RPG in 10 games. Quinn Slazinski has 14.4 PPG with 4.6 RPG while Noah Farrakhan has 12.4 PPG with 4.1 RPG in 7 games and Kerr Kriisa has 10.3 PPG and 5.1 APG in 7 games so far this season. As a team, West Virginia is averaging 67.9 PPG on 40.6% shooting from the field, 30.3% from three and 72.8% from the foul line this season.

Oklahoma Team Preview

The Oklahoma Sooners come into this one looking to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 78-66 loss to Kansas last time out. Javian McCollum leads Oklahoma in scoring with 15 PPG along with 3.9 APG while Otega Oweh has 14.2 PPG with 4.1 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Oklahoma so far this season. John Hugley IV has 9.1 PPG with 4.5 RPG while Sam Godwin and Jalon Moore each have a team-high 5.7 RPG and Milos Uzan has a team-high 4.4 APG to lead the Sooners in assists this season. As a team, Oklahoma is averaging 80.1 PPG on 48.9% shooting from the field, 35% from three and 75.9% from the foul line this season.

West Virginia vs. Oklahoma Prediction

I’m going with Oklahoma here. West Virginia has a bunch of guys that can score in double figures, but none of them can really stay healthy and this hasn’t felt like the same West Virginia team we’ve come to expect pretty much all year long. The Sooners are the better team in my eyes and play their much better basketball at home so give me OU here.