The Oklahoma Sooners and the Arizona Wildcats meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Oklahoma vs. Arizona prediction.
Oklahoma Recap
The Oklahoma Sooners come into this game looking to build on their 79-77 win over Providence last time out to improve to 5-0 on the year.
Sooners Looking To Stay Unbeaten
Jeremiah Fears leads the Sooners in scoring and assists with 16.4 PPG and 4.6 APG along with 3.6 RPG and 2.8 SPG while Jalon Moore has 16.2 PPG with 5.4 RPG and Kobe Elvis has 14 PPG with 4.2 APG. Duke Miles has 10.6 PPG with 3 APG and 2.2 SPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Oklahoma so far this season. Sam Godwin leads the Sooners on the glass, averaging 9.4 RPG so far this season. As a team, Oklahoma is averaging 82.8 PPG on 48.7% shooting from the field, 35.4% from three and 76% from the foul line this season.
Why the Oklahoma Sooners will win
- Oklahoma has won 20 of its last 21 games against non-Conference opponents.
Arizona Recap
The Arizona Wildcats will look to build on their 104-71 win over Davidson last time out to improve to 3-2 on the year.
Wildcats Trying To Build On Beatdown Of Davidson
Jaden Bradley leads the Wildcats in scoring with 14 PPG along with 2.8 APG while KJ Lewis has 10.4 PPG with 5.4 RPG and Caleb Love has 12.2 PPG with 3.6 RPG and a team-high 3.4 APG to lead the Wildcats in assists while capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for Arizona so far this season. Trey Townsend also has 9.8 PPG with 4.8 RPG while Tobe Awaka has 8.8 PPG and a team-high 10 RPG to lead the Wildcats on the glass. Anthony Dell’Orso also has 9.4 PPG so far this season. As a team, Arizona is averaging 88.4 PPG on 46.9% shooting from the field, 31.4% from three and 68.5% from the foul line this season.
Why the Arizona Wildcats will win
- Oklahoma has lost seven of its last eight games against AP-ranked opponents.
- Arizona has won 13 of its last 16 games against non-AP-ranked opponents at a neutral venue.
Oklahoma vs Arizona Prediction
I’m on Arizona here. I think we’re getting the Wildcats at a bit of a discounted number with the pair of losses that they had to start the year, but we finally saw an Arizona bounce back against Davidson, the Arizona a lot of us expect to see while Oklahoma narrowly got by Providence. I think the Wildcats break through once again and get to Oklahoma and pull away in the second half. Give me the Wildcats.