Oregon State at Utah Betting Preview
College basketball content contributor Kyle Kargel breaks down tonight’s Oregon State at Utah showdown in the Pac 12. At the time of posting, the Utes have opened as a 6.5-point home favorite over the road Beavers, with the total sitting at 142 points.
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Thursday, February 3 | Pac 12 Basketball Betting Notes |
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Point Spread: | Oregon State Beavers +6.5 at Utah Utes |
Total: | 142 Points |
Game Time: | 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT |
Arena: | Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, UT |
TV: | ESPNU |
Oregon State at Utah Analysis
It’s a battle of the two worst teams in the Pac 12 tonight as Oregon State travels to Salt Lake City to take on Utah tonight. Both of these teams only have one conference win with the Beavers win coming against the Utes back on Dec 30, 88-76.
The Utes lone conference win was two months ago on Dec 5 when they beat Cal 66-58. Needless to say someone has to come away with a win here as both teams are riding long losing streaks heading into tonight’s matchup.
There are a couple bright spots for each team though as we dive in deeper to some analytics and key players.
Beavers Look to Play Big Inside Tonight
Junior Dashawn Davis has been trying to keep the Beavers afloat this season as the team’s primary ball handler averaging over 9 ppg, 3 rpg, 5apg and a steal or two every contest.
Where the team will look to score most is through junior Jarod Lucas who averages over 13 ppg, 39% shooting deep and over 85% at the free throw line. As a team, Oregon State ranks 8th in the nation in block percentage.
The Beavers also aren’t the best shooting three pointers as only 23% of their total points per game come from deep, good for 346th in the country. They’ll rely on their bench production and scoring inside to upset the Utes on the road tonight.
Carlson Covers the Paint for Utes
The Utes are winless in 2022 but look to change that by the end of the night. They’ll rely on their top 100 ranking in adjusted offensive efficiency to do so. They don’t shoot it well from the floor, especially from inside the arch only shooting 46% from inside which is 295th in the country.
Where the Utes do shoot it well though is the free throw line. They’re 3rd in the country shooting just over 80% from the stripe overall and over 82% in conference play.
They’ll look to utilize seven footer Branden Carlson inside who has missed seven games this season, but is the only player on the roster to average double digit scoring.
He also averages over 6 rpg and 2 bpg while shooting over 52% from the floor. If the Utes come away with the win, look for a great statistical line from Carlson.
Oregon State at Utah Prediction
With how bad both theses teams have been tonight it could get ugly in Salt Lake City. However, I do expect Utah to contain Lucas and get their first win of 2022. Take the Utes -6.5.
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