Oregon State vs St. Mary’s Prediction 2/8/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Saint Mary’s Gaels and the Oregon State Beavers meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Gill Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Oregon State vs St. Mary’s Prediction.

Saint Mary’s Recap

The Saint Mary’s Gaels come into this game looking to bounce back from a 65-64 loss at the hands of San Francisco last time out to fall to 20-4 on the year. After this game, Saint Mary’s will head back home to start a homestand with a game against Santa Clara.

Gaels Looking To Rebound After Having Win Streak Snapped With First Conference Loss

Augustas Marciulionis leads the Gaels in scoring and assists with 13.7 PPG and 5.9 APG while Paulius Murauskas has 13 PPG and 8.8 RPG to lead the Gaels on the glass this season. Luke Barrett has 10 PPG with 6.8 RPG and Mitchell Saxen has 10.5 PPG with 8 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Saint Mary’s up to this point in the year. Jordan Ross has 9.1 PPG with 3.1 RPG and 3 APG while Mikey Lewis has 8.7 PPG as well on the year. As a team, Saint Mary’s is averaging 75.1 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field, 33.1% from three and 68.6% from the foul line this season.

Why the Saint Mary’s Gaels will win

• Saint Mary’s has won 27 of its last 29 games against the West Coast Conference.
• Oregon State has lost each of its last four night games following a home win.

Oregon State Recap

The Oregon State Beavers come into this game looking to add on to their 82-74 win over Washington State last time out to improve to 17-7 on the year. After this game, Oregon State will head on the road to take on Portland.

Beavers Win 5 Of Last 7

Michael Rataj leads the Beavers in scoring and rebounding with 18 PPG and 7.8 RPG while Nate Kingz has 12.3 PPG and Parsa Fallah has 12 PPG with 3.5 RPG. Damarco Minor also has 10 PPG with 4.7 RPG and a team-high 5.1 APG to lead the Beavers in assists on the year and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Oregon State up to this point in the year. Liutauras Lelevicius also has 8.4 PPG with 4.1 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Oregon State is averaging 77.7 PPG on 49.3% shooting from the field, 37.6% from three and 78.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Oregon State Beavers will win

• Oregon State has won each of its last 10 home games.

Oregon State vs St. Mary’s Prediction

I’m on Oregon State in this game. The Beavers continue to defy the odds and cover games at home, and while it’s not often that the Beavers are home underdogs this season, let’s not forget that Oregon State was a 9-point underdog to Gonzaga earlier this season and beat the Zags outright. Saint Mary’s is almost in cruise control to take down the WCC regular season title with an upcoming homestand and some games left against the dregs of the WCC and I think that Oregon State could use another signature win here to bolster their NCAA tournament at-large resume in the event they don’t win the WCC tournament. I think catching points in this spot is well worth the look as I think Saint Mary’s kind of gets caught napping here once again. Give me the Beavers and the points.