The Utah Utes (8-4, 1-1 Pac-12) will hope to end a three-game road losing streak when squaring off versus the Oregon State Beavers (2-10, 0-2 Pac-12) on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at Gill Coliseum, airing at 9:00 PM ET.
In its last game, Utah won at home over Fresno State, 55-50. Its top performers were Marco Anthony (11 PTS, 40.0 FG%, 2-5 from 3PT) and Lahat Thioune (10 PTS, 57.1 FG%).
Oregon State were winners at home over Nicholls State 83-61 last time out, led by Jarod Lucas (24 PTS, 63.6 FG%, 4-5 from 3PT) and Abdul Alatishe (15 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK, 53.8 FG%).
Gianni Hunt scored a team-high 17 points to lead the Beavers over Timmy Allen (23 points) and the Utes 75-70 in their last matchup on March 3, 2021.
Matchup at a glance
- Game Day: Thursday, December 30, 2021
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
- Location: Corvallis, Oregon
- Arena: Gill Coliseum
- Spread: Utah -4.5
- Total: 140.5
- Moneyline: Utah, Oregon State
Oregon State player stats
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarod Lucas | 12 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| Abdul Alatishe | 12 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Dashawn Davis | 11 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Maurice Calloo | 10 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Ahmad Rand | 12 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
Utah player stats
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branden Carlson | 10 | 13.9 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| Both Gach | 11 | 12.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| David Jenkins Jr. | 12 | 11.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Marco Anthony | 9 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Rollie Worster | 12 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
Oregon State stats
- The Beavers’ 67.2 points per game are just 1.9 more than the Utes concede.
- When scoring over 65.3 points, Oregon State is 2-4.
- Utah is +3.1 in rebounds per game, but Oregon State is -3.2.
- The Utes are averaging 11.2 offensive boards, 2.6 more than the Beavers.
- The Beavers shot 44.6% from the field, 4.5% higher than the Utes allow.
- Oregon State is 2-8 when shooting better than 40.1% from the field.
Betting on Oregon State
- The implied probability of Beavers winning based on the moneyline is 0.0%.
- In 12 games this year, Oregon State has eight wins against the spread.
- The Beavers have been underdogs by 4.5 points or more three times this season and have covered the spread every time.
- In 2020, games involving the Beavers had averaged a total of 136.7 points, 3.8 fewer than this game’s set over/under.
