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Colorado Buffaloes @ Oregon State Beavers

Current Records: Colorado 21-9, Oregon State 13-17

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Oregon State will be in front of their home fans on Saturday, but a look at the spread shows they might need that home-court advantage. They and the Colorado Buffaloes will face off in a Pac-12 battle at 5:00 p.m. ET at Gill Coliseum. We saw both of these teams recently pull out wins they weren't expected to get, so we'll see who gives it right back.

Oregon State scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Thursday. They came out on top against the Utes by a score of 92-85. The final score was a far cry from the score of their previous head-to-head, which saw the teams combine for 121 points.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Oregon State to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jordan Pope, who scored 25 points. Pope is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 22 or more in the last four games he's played. Dexter Akanno was another key contributor, scoring 18 points along with two steals.

Meanwhile, Colorado waltzed into their match on Thursday with four straight wins but they left with five. They snuck past the Ducks with a 79-75 win. Colorado was down 18-6 with 12:54 left in the first half but they still came back for the handy four-point win.

Colorado got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was J'Vonne Hadley out in front who shot 4-for-4 from deep and dropped a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan da Silva, who scored 22 points along with two steals.

The Beavers' victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-17. As for the Buffaloes, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season.

Not only did both teams in this Saturday's contest win their last matches, they also took care of their bettors and covered the spread. Looking ahead, Colorado is the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by eight points. This contest will be Oregon State's 20th straight as the underdogs (so far over this stretch they are 13-6 against the spread).

Oregon State was dealt a punishing 90-57 loss at the hands of Colorado in their previous matchup back in January. The match was pretty much over by halftime, at which point Oregon State was down 45-23.

Odds

Colorado is a big 8-point favorite against Oregon State, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 8-point spread, and stayed right there.


The over/under is 144.5 points.

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Series History

Colorado has won 7 out of their last 10 games against Oregon State.

  • Jan 20, 2024 - Colorado 90 vs. Oregon State 57
  • Jan 28, 2023 - Oregon State 60 vs. Colorado 52
  • Jan 07, 2023 - Colorado 62 vs. Oregon State 42
  • Feb 15, 2022 - Colorado 90 vs. Oregon State 64
  • Feb 05, 2022 - Colorado 86 vs. Oregon State 63
  • Mar 13, 2021 - Oregon State 70 vs. Colorado 68
  • Feb 20, 2021 - Colorado 61 vs. Oregon State 57
  • Feb 08, 2021 - Colorado 78 vs. Oregon State 49
  • Feb 15, 2020 - Colorado 69 vs. Oregon State 47
  • Jan 05, 2020 - Oregon State 76 vs. Colorado 68