Washington State at Arizona 2/25/21 - NCAA Basketball Picks & Predictions

The McKale Center will play host to a Thursday night college basketball clash between the Washington State Cougars and the Arizona Wildcats. The Cougars (14-10) have won consecutive games and are scoring 69.5 points per contest. On Saturday, Washington State needed three overtimes to prevail with an 85-76 home victory versus Stanford. 

Washington State G Noah Williams poured in a career-best 40 points on 8-for-18 from beyond the arc. Efe Abogidi chipped in 14 points and eight rebounds for the Cougars.

The Arizona Wildcats are a game above .500 in Pac 12 Conference play and rank 88th in the country in scoring (76.0 ppg). On Saturday, Arizona snapped USC’s seven-game winning streak with an 81-72 road triumph. The Wildcats (15-8) outrebounded the Trojans by a 43-36 margin and assisted on 20 of their 27 made field goals.

Arizona G James Akinjo tallied a team-high 20 points on 6-for-13 shooting and dished out seven assists. Azuolas Tubelis contributed 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Wildcats.