Washington State vs Oregon State 3/3/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Oregon State Beavers and the Washington State Cougars meet in college basketball action from Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum on Thursday night.

The Oregon State Beavers will look to snap their double-digit losing streak after a 103-97 OT loss at the hands of Washington State last time out. Jarod Lucas leads the Beavers in scoring with 13.3 PPG while Dashawn Davis also has 10.7 PPG with 3.2 RPG and a team-high 5.5 APG to lead the Beavers in the assist department as the only other double-digit scorer for Oregon State so far this season. Warith Alatishe has 9.3 PPG with a team-high 5.2 RPG to lead the Beavers on the glass as well this season. As a team, Oregon State is averaging 68.3 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three and 69.1% from the foul line while allowing 78.1 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field and 35.9% from three this season.

The Washington State Cougars will look to sweep the home and home with Oregon State after their win over the Beavers last time out. Michael Flowers leads the Cougars in scoring and assists with 14.4 PPG and 3.3 APG while Tyrell Roberts has 10.7 PPG and Noah Williams has 10.3 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Wazzu this season. Efe Abogidi also has 7.2 PPG and a team-high 5.6 RPG to lead the Cougars on the glass as well. As a team, Washington State is averaging 71.6 PPG on 40.9% shooting from the field, 33.6% from three and 74.1% from the foul line while allowing 64.9 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three this season.

Oregon State is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 0-2-2 ATS in their last 4 games after scoring 90 points or more in their previous game while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record. Washington State is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 home games while the under is 9-2 in their last 11 games following a win.

I get the case to be made either way in this one, but I’m looking at the Beavers and the points in this one. We just had a classic overtime matchup in the first one, and a change of venue could be worth a big line swing in some matchups, but not here I don’t think. I’ll take my chances with the Beavers and the points here.