Houston Cougars vs Oklahoma State Cowboys Prediction, 3/7/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Cougars vs Oklahoma State Cowboys

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026

Location: Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, OK

TV: CBS

Gallagher-Iba Arena is the location where the Oklahoma State Cowboys (18-12) will attempt to defeat the Houston Cougars (25-5) on Saturday.

The Houston Cougars faced off with Baylor and took home the win by a score of 77-64 in their last contest. In relation to personal fouls, the Cougars walked away with 13 and Baylor recorded 16 personal fouls. They also buried 8 of their 25 tries from three-point range. Baylor ended up shooting 83.3% from the charity stripe by knocking down 10 of 12 shots. In addition, Baylor snagged 33 boards (10 offensive, 23 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Baylor earned 17 assists and had 6 steals for the game. With respect to the defense, Houston let their opponent shoot 41.8% from the floor on 23 out of 55 shooting. They also doled out 10 assists in this matchup in addition to creating 16 turnovers and earning 11 steals. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they collected 24 with 8 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Cougars knocked down 12 of their 16 shots for a percentage of 75.0%. Houston wrapped up the contest with a 45.9% FG percentage (28 of 61) and buried 9 of their 25 three-point attempts.

Kingston Flemings is a player who played a role in the game. He walked away with 21 points on 7 of 14 shooting. He played for 37 minutes and snagged 3 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 50.0% from the floor and also earned 7 dimes.

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Houston will take the court with a mark of 25-5 for the season. They currently have an average of 77.5 points per outing (142nd in Division 1) while hitting 44.9% from the field. The Cougars are shooting 34.2% on 3-pointers (264 of 772) and 77.5% from the free throw line. As a team, Houston is snagging 36.6 boards per contest and is sitting with 447 dimes so far this season, which is 122nd in the country in terms of passing. They lose possession by turning the ball over 8.3 times per contest and as a team they commit 18.0 fouls per game.

On the defensive end, the Cougars have forced 14.0 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.0 personal fouls. They relinquish 31.4% on shots from distance while they are 2nd in D-1 in PPG allowed (62.3). The Cougars defense is allowing a FG percentage of 40.3% (626 of 1,554) and they concede 33.4 rebounds per game as a team. They are ranked 40th in the nation in allowing assists to the opposition with 344 surrendered so far this year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Oklahoma State Cowboys got the victory with a final of 111-104 when they faced UCF. In regard to rebounding, Oklahoma State allowed UCF to collect 38 in total (12 offensive). They wrapped up this game 31.8% from behind the 3-point line by going 7 of 22 and finished the game at 33 of 45 from the free throw line (73.3%). The Cowboys allowed UCF to make 32 out of their 70 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 45.7% for this game. When this game wrapped up, the Cowboys finished the game shooting 35 for 72 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.6%. With regard to shots from distance, Oklahoma State converted 9 out of 23 attempts (39.1%). They were able to knock down 32 of the free throws for a rate of 80.0%. UCF had 25 fouls for the matchup which got the Cowboys to the charity stripe for a total of 40 tries. They also coughed up the ball 10 times, while recording 6 steals for the matchup. The Cowboys pulled down 27 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards totaling 38 in this game.

Anthony Roy was important for the Cowboys in the game. He racked up 27 points in his 38 minutes on the hardwood and had 1 assist for the contest. He buried 7 of 14 in this game giving him a rate of 50.0%, and had 3 rebounds.

Oklahoma State has a record of 18-12 on the season. As an offense, the Cowboys are connecting on 46.1% from the field, which is ranked 128th in the nation. Oklahoma State has earned 2,526 points so far this year (84.2 per contest) and they average 38.0 boards per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 14.9 times per contest (116th in D-1) and they are turning it over 12.3 times per contest. The Cowboys commit 17.4 personal fouls per game and they shoot 73.9% from the free throw line.

The Oklahoma State defense allows 35.3% on 3-pointers (292 of 828) and opponents are connecting on 71.6% of their foul shots. They concede 16.6 dimes and 37.2 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 347th and 329th in Division 1. The Cowboys on the defensive side of the court are 350th in college in PPG given up with 82.5. They have forced 12.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 44.9% from the floor (230th in D-1).

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Houston

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