Portland vs Oregon State Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/30/24

The Portland Pilots and the Oregon State Beavers meet Monday in college basketball action from the Gill Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Portland vs. Oregon State prediction.

Portland Recap

The Portland Pilots come into this game looking to bounce back after ending up with an 89-73 loss to Washington State last time out. After this game, Portland will head on the road to take on Gonzaga.

Pilots Looking For Consistency

Austin Rapp leads the Pilots in scoring and rebounding with 13.8 PPG and 6.3 RPG while Vukasin Masic has 10.5 PPG with 3.5 RPG and a team-high 3.2 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Portland this season while leading the Pilots in assists. Max Mackinnon has 9.8 PPG with 5.1 RPG and 2.4 APG as well this season. As a team, Portland is averaging 72.1 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 34.5% from three, and 76.4% from the foul line this season.

Oregon State Recap

The Oregon State Beavers come into this game looking to bounce back from a 78-66 loss to Nebraska last time out. After this game, Oregon State will take on Loyola Marymount on the road.

Beavers Looking To Rebound

Michael Rataj leads the Beavers in scoring and rebounding with 15.5 PPG and 8.7 RPG while Nate Kingz has 11.1 PPG and Parsa Fallah has 11.1 PPG with 3.5 RPG. Damarco Minor also has 10.4 PPG with 4.7 RPG and a team-high 5.4 APG to lead the Beavers in assists on the year and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Oregon State up to this point in the year. As a team, Oregon State is averaging 75.9 PPG on 47.8% shooting from the field, 38.1% from three, and 78.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Oregon State Beavers will win

• Oregon State has won eight of its last nine home games.
• Portland has lost four of its last five night games.

Portland vs. Oregon State Prediction

I’m on Oregon State here. I am starting to wonder if Oregon State is still a bit overvalued after their strong start to the season, but now they enter “conference” play in the WCC, and Portland historically has been one of the doormats of the conference and I don’t expect that to change here. Oregon State’s the far better team in this game and I think they take care of business to bag the win and cover here.