NCAA Basketball Vegas Picks: Oregon State Beavers vs Oregon Ducks
Sunday, January 29, 2012
by Joe Rodriguez
The basketball version of the "Civil War" will be contested for the 336th time Sunday when Oregon State Beavers drives down the road to face Oregon Ducks.
The series has been played more times than any rivalry in college basketball history and Oregon State's 183 victories over the Ducks are the second most against a single team.
Washington has beaten Oregon 186 times. The Ducks enter the contest with a four-game winning streak and swept Oregon State last season.
The Beavers have won two straight after losing five of their first six Pac-12 games. Oregon is 11-2 at home and Oregon State is 0-4 in conference road games. Both teams are well-rested as neither has played since Jan. 21.
- Oregon State Beavers @ Oregon Ducks
When: 6:30 PM ET, Sunday, January 29, 2012
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon
TV: 6:30 p.m. ET, FSN
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Oregon State Beavers (15-5): Junior guard Jared Cunningham is among the leading candidates for Pac-12 Player of the Year. Cunningham leads the Pac-12 in scoring (17.8) and steals (2.9) and needs 19 points to become the 36th player in school history to record 1,000 career points. Sophomore guard Ahmad Starks is averaging 13.5 points and has a team-best 48 3-pointers. Starks has made at least one 3-pointer in 17 consecutive games. The Beavers average a Pac-12 leading 82.7 points per game.
Oregon Ducks (13-7): Junior forward E.J. Singler had a career-best 26 points as the Ducks defeated UCLA in their most recent game. Singler averages 12.9 points and has scored in double figures 16 times. He leads Oregon in rebounding at 5.1 per outing. Senior guard Devoe Joseph leads the Ducks with a 14.6 scoring average while senior guard Garrett Sim is averaging 12.6 points and made a team-best 40 3-pointers. Junior center Tony Woods (32 blocked shots) has recorded multiple rejections in six of the past seven contests.
1. Oregon has won 29 of the last 36 meetings with Oregon State.
2. The Ducks are 9-0 when scoring 70 or more points.
3. Beavers forward Eric Moreland set the school freshman mark for blocked shots (36) and has a shot at the freshman rebounding mark of 204 set by school legend Lonnie Shelton (1973-74). Moreland has 135.
BASKETBALL PREDICTION: Ducks 76, Beavers 75.
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