Staples Center features an NCAAB clash between the host Washington Huskies and the visiting Oregon State Beavers in college hoops action on Thursday.

This game is part of the Pac 12 Tournament which will decide the conference champion and help decide March Madness seedings. The game is being played at Staples Center, which makes it technically a neutral site match.

Washington will face the 18-13 Beavers, who own a 13-13-1 ATS mark on the season. In totals betting, the Huskies are 14-13-1 favoring the UNDER so far this season while the Beavers are 16-11 favoring the OVER.



View Oregon State vs Washington Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
College basketball odds makers opened the Huskies as 2.5-point favorites in this matchupl.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 54 (Huskies) and the No. 217 (Beavers) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 81-79 result in favor of the Beavers has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
The game also pits Washington's No. 36-ranked offense, averaging 74.9 PPG, against a Beavers defense that ranks No. 296 at 72.5 PPG. The Huskies field goal percentage has averaged 44.6% so far, less than the Beavers marksmen have achieved on the year, 47% per game.

Defensively, Oregon State features the nation's No. 262-rated defense on the road, allowing 73.7 points per game. Washington, meanwhile, comes in at No. 25 nationally in scoring at home.

Oregon State was a 69-64 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against Washington State. They covered the 4-point spread as favorites. Washington State got 18 points from Brock Motum but lost anyway, 69-64, to Oregon State on Wednesday at Staples Center.

Washington was a 75-69 loser in their most recent outing on the road against UCLA. They failed to cover the 5-point spread as underdogs. C.J. Wilcox scored 22 points in a futile effort to lead the Huskies to a win (they lost 75-69 to UCLA at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday).