Oklahoma Sooners vs Arkansas Razorbacks Prediction, 1/25/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oklahoma Sooners vs Arkansas Razorbacks

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025

Location: Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR

TV: ESPN+

The Oklahoma Sooners (14-4) are traveling to Bud Walton Arena on Saturday where they will take on the Arkansas Razorbacks (11-7).

The Oklahoma Sooners played South Carolina and earned the victory with a final of 82-62 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Sooners walked away with 17 and South Carolina accounted for 17 personal fouls. They made 9 of 24 tries from beyond the perimeter. South Carolina finished 52.4% when shooting free throws by knocking down 11 of 21 shots. In addition, South Carolina pulled down 26 boards (9 offensive, 17 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. South Carolina earned 13 dimes and had 8 steals for the game. When talking about defending, Oklahoma allowed their opponent to shoot 41.2% from the floor on 21 of 51 shooting. They also doled out 19 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and earning 8 steals. When talking about pulling down boards, they collected 29 with 4 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Sooners made 18 of their 21 attempts for a rate of 85.7%. Oklahoma ended the game with a 56.0% field goal percentage (28 out of 50) and knocked down 8 out of their 17 shots from beyond the arc.

Jalon Moore is one guy who came through in this matchup. He shot 60.0% from the field but wasn't able to get a dime. He was on the court for 31 mins and collected 8 rebounds. He finished with 22 points on 6 of 10 shooting.

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Oklahoma comes into this contest with a mark of 14-4 for the season. They turn it over 12.0 times per contest and as a group are committing 17.3 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Oklahoma is grabbing 32.8 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 263 dimes on the season, which ranks 174th in college hoops in terms of passing. The Sooners are shooting 37.0% on shots beyond the perimeter (162 of 438) and 80.3% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 80.8 points per game (52nd in D-1) while going 48.6% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Sooners are able to force 13.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 17.5 fouls. They surrender 28.4% on 3-pointers and they rank 165th in college hoops in PPG from their opponents (70.9). The Sooners defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 43.5% (458 of 1,052) and they surrender 33.7 boards per game as a team. They are 37th in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 202 relinquished so far this season.

The last time they took the court, the Arkansas Razorbacks went home defeated by a final of 83-65 against Missouri. Regarding how they attacked the glass, Arkansas permitted Missouri to get 34 overall (9 on the offensive side). They shot 47.8% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 11 out of 23 and ended up shooting 14 of 19 from the free throw line (73.7%). The Razorbacks allowed Missouri to make 29 out of 63 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 46.0% for this contest. In all, the Razorbacks shot 28 out of 63 from the floor which had them at 44.4%. Concerning shooting from distance, Arkansas converted 5 out of their 23 tries (21.7%). They were able to knock down 4 of the free throws for a rate of 50.0%. Missouri was called for 14 fouls for the game which took the Razorbacks to the free throw line for 8 tries. They turned the ball over 13 times, while recording 5 steals for the contest. The Razorbacks collected 26 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards for a total of 36 in the matchup.

Zvonimir Ivisic ended up being important for the Razorbacks in this matchup. He scored 14 points in his 30 mins on the court and had 1 assist in the matchup. He buried 6 of 9 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 66.7%, and totaled 10 rebounds.

Arkansas has a mark of 11-7 for the season. When it comes to offense, the Razorbacks are shooting 47.7% from the field, which is ranked 55th in the nation. Arkansas has earned 1,393 points so far this season (77.4 per game) and they collect 36.1 boards per game. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 15.3 times per contest (98th in the country) and they cough up possession 11.7 times per game. The Razorbacks are committing 15.7 fouls every game and they go 70.8% from the charity stripe.

The Razorbacks on the defensive side of the court are 92nd in Division 1 in PPG allowed with 68.4. They are able to force 13.1 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 41.1% from the field (62nd in college hoops). The Arkansas defense allows 31.3% on shots from beyond the perimeter (139 of 444) and opponents are connecting on 71.3% of their free throw attempts. They have allowed 11.9 assists and 34.3 boards per game, which ranks them 89th and 187th in D-1.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oklahoma

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