Oregon State vs Colorado Picks and Prediction – 1/21/2024

The Oregon State Beavers will be back on the road Saturday night with a game in Colorado for a matchup with the Colorado Buffaloes. For other college basketball action see our College Basketball Picks. Oregon State is one game above .500 this season having lost four the last five including three in a row following a four point loss against Stanford. Offensively Oregon State has been mediocre scoring just under 72 points on 44.7% shooting from the floor. Defensively Oregon State has held their own allowing 70.7 points per game through 17 game play.

Jordan Pope is the leader for Oregon State this season averaging 18.1 points and 3.7 assists. Tyler Bilodeau averages 12.8 points and Dexter Akanno averages 12.2 points per game. Michael Rataj averages 6.2 points in a team leading 5.8 rebounds.

The Colorado Buffaloes stay at home Saturday eight games above .500 following a 10 point victory against USC to end a three-game skid. Defensively Colorado has held their own this season allowing 71.1 points and have averaged 37.6 rebounds per game. Offensively is where Colorado has thrived averaging 8.2 points per game on 50.1% shooting from the floor.

KJ Simpson has carried Colorado this season leading the team averaging 19.3 points and 4.2 assists. Tristan da Silva averages 15.9 points and Cody Williams ships in 14.1 points but has played in just nine games. Big man Eddie Lampkin Jr. averages 10 points in a team leading 7.5 rebounds.