Vegas NCAA Prediction: Portland State at Oregon State
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Frank Martin
Scoring an abundance of points is new to Oregon State and the Beavers seek to keep the trend going when they host Portland State Vikings. Oregon State has scored 90 or more points four times this season, the most 90-point outings since reaching the mark five times back in the 1991-92 season.
Oregon State Beavers is 6-0 when scoring 80 or more points this season after only reaching 80 on 10 occasions during coach Craig Robinson’s first three seasons. Portland State has never beaten Oregon State and Sunday’s meeting is the first between the squads since the 2002-03 campaign.
- Portland State Vikings @ Oregon State Beavers
When: 10:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 18, 2011
Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon
TV: 10 p.m. ET, ROOT Sports
The Beavers have opened as 14-point favorites on SBG Global Sportsbook’s Live NCAA Basketball Odds.
Oregon State Beavers (8-2): The Beavers have won six games by 20 or more points for the first time since the 1989-90 squad had six 20-point victories while making the school’s most-recent NCAA tournament appearance. Oregon State beat Howard 93-72 on Thursday and had three players score 20 or more points – sophomore guard Ahmad Starks (career-high 22), junior center Angus Brandt (career-best 21) and sophomore guard Roberto Nelson (20). Junior guard Jared Cunningham leads the Beavers with a 17.2 average. The Beavers are 6-1 at home.
Portland State Vikings (6-4): The Vikings defeated Cal State Bakersfield 91-87 on Thursday when they shot a season-best 67.3 percent from the field. Portland State shook up the starting lineup, bringing junior guard Michael Harthun off the bench for the first time this season and he responded with a career-high 22 points. Harthun is averaging 9.7 points per game. Senior guard Charles Odum is averaging a team-best 17.2 points. Senior forward Chehales Tapscott has five double-doubles and is averaging 13.7 points and 9.4 rebounds. Junior guard Martin Whitmore (elbow) saw his first action in the win over Bakersfield.
1. Oregon State’s 11-0 record against the Vikings comes with an asterisk as a victory during the 1975-76 season was later part of 15 victories forfeited because of former Beavers star Lonnie Shelton being ruled ineligible.
2. Portland State is 4-45 against Pac-12 programs – two wins apiece against Oregon and Arizona State.
3. The Beavers average 10.6 steals and Cunningham has a team-leading 30.
NCAA BASKETBALL PREDICTION: Beavers 85, Vikings 70
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