In the Pac-12 Conference, the California Bears are on the road at the Arizona WIldcats on Thursday. This game features the Bears, who are 8-12 on the season, but have won back to back games. The most recent win for California was at home over Stanford, where they won by 2.
For Arizona, currently ranked 11th in the latest Associated Press poll, they are 15-5 on the season. The Wildcats currently lead the Pac-12 Conference as well. Arizona is coming off a road win at Oregon on Saturday.
The Wildcats are big favorites in this game. Arizona is listed at -18 over California. The total for this game is set at 158.5.
High Flying Wildcats
Arizona comes into the game as one of the top scoring teams in all of College Basketball. Arizona is scoring 89.3 points per game. The Wildcats are making nearly 37% of their three point shots on the season. Arizona is one of the top rebounding teams in the country as well, averaging nearly 40 per game.
Caleb Love is the top scorer for the Wildcats. The former North Carolina guard is scoring 19.3 points per game. Second in scoring for Arizona is Pelle Larsson, with 12.8 per game, while Oumar Ballo is third, with 12.3 per game.
The Wildcats will play back to back home games, with Stanford coming to town on Sunday. Next week, Arizona will go on the road for games at Utah and Colorado.
Not a Great Bears Season
Things have not been all roses for the California Golden Bears this season. This is a team that started the season 3-7. Some of their early season losses were bad, with Pacific, Montana State and UTEP all in the same month. A recent surge of wins over Washington State and Stanford helped January finish strong.
The Bears boast one of the top scorers in all of the Pac-12. Jaylon Tyson is scoring 20.6 points per game. He is one of three scoring in double figures for California. Tyson went for 14 against Stanford, but had 30 in the win over Washington State. It was his second 30+ point scoring game in their last five outings.
The Bears have this game, and then a trip to Arizona State on Saturday. Next week, California gets the Los Angeles based teams at home. They will host USC on Wednesday and UCLA on Saturday.
Blowout City on Thursday
This game is not going to be pretty. This is not an evenly matched basketball game. The Arizona Wildcats are going to score a bunch of points. In fact, Arizona may get to 100 in this game. Do not be surprised if this is one of the biggest blowouts of the entire season in the Pac-12. There is just not a lot of data that shows California can hang around in this game.
Our final bet for the game on Thursday is the Arizona Wildcats -18 over the California Bears. We have a final score prediction of Arizona 97-73 over California. Enjoy the game and best of luck with all your betting!
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