There are numerous advantages working in the Beavers' favor, including:

-Excellent transition defense (6.0 fast-break PPG allowed, 97th percentile).
-Excellent paint-denial defense (27 paint PPG allowed, 88th percentile).
-Very slow-paced (316th in adjusted tempo, per KenPom), which is important when playing a team like Gonzaga that wants to get out in transition.
-Lead the WCC in effective field goal percentage (59%) through five West Coast Conference games.
-Zags rank 190th in average opponent near-proximity FG% (layups, dunks and tip-ins) and Beavers' bigs Michael Rataj and Parsa Fallah combine to average nearly 30 PPG and 18 paint points per game.
-Gonzaga is 1-9 ATS in its last 10 games, while Oregon State is 13-4 ATS this season (with a +5.9-point average cover margin).

Back Oregon State to cover as 9.5-point underdogs at home!