The 13th ranked Arizona Wildcats (19-6) host the USC Trojans (17-8) in an exciting Pac-12 game at the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, February 10, 2018, at 10:15 PM ET. The betting board shows Arizona as the 6.5-point home favorite with the total offered up at 153.5 points.
In their latest, USC was on the road where they dropped a close one 80-78 to Arizona State. The two-point losing margin gave the Trojans the points the spread-cover and the 158 combined points scored just missed the 160 total resulting in an UNDER. Nick Rakocevic was the leading scorer for the Trojans picking up 19 points on 6/6 shooting and hitting seven of his ten free throws and teammate Bennie Boatwright came off the bench to tally 18 points on 6/14 shooting and also grabbed eight boards. Tra Holder was the high scorer for the Sun Devils with 22 points on 6 of 15 shooting, but he struggled from long range missing five of his six 3-point attempts. USC took a four-point lead into the second and was even in the last minute before falling short. For the game, they shot 49.1% from the field and while they held Arizona State to 42.2% turnovers were their undoing giving the ball away 18 times. After winning six in a row USC has lost two straight, is 8-4 in Pac 12 play, and is 4-4 on the road.
Arizona returned home after back to back road games and was upset by UCLA 82-74. The straight-up loss gave the Wildcats their fifth point spread loss over their last six matches and the 156 points scored by the two clubs sent the total UNDER breaking off a four-game OVER run by Arizona. In the contest, Allonzo Trier was the high scorer for the Wildcats with 17 points on 7/13 shooting and star freshman Deandre Ayton had another double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds but was only 7/19 from the field. Aaron Holiday was the high scorer for the Bruins with 17 points on 7/15 shooting, and every starter for the team went for at least 11 points. Arizona was outscored by 10 points in the first half and couldn’t close the gap. Overall, they shot 43.9% from the floor, and they allowed UCLA to shoot a bloated 51.9%. Arizona has lost two in a row after winning seven straight but remains in first place in the Pac-12 with a 9-3 mark.
USC ranks tied for 53rd in the nation in ppg and 163rd in opponents’ ppg, and Arizona ranks 34th in ppg and 169th in opponents’ ppg.
This game is the first meeting this season between these teams and last season Arizona beat USC twice.
This season USC is 16-19 ATS with an O/U record of 10-13-2 and Arizona is 8-15-2 ATS with an O/U record of 14-10.
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SAGARIN RATINGS
USC: 83.88
Arizona: 86.51
INJURY REPORT
USC
[G] 12/16/2017 – De’Anthony Melton is out for season ( Eligibility )
ARIZONA
NONE
Key Betting Trends
- USC is 10-3 ATS in their last 13 road games
- USC is 6-2 ATS in their previous eight games
- USC has an Under record of 5-1 in their last six games
- ARIZ is 1-5 ATS in their previous six games
- ARIZ is 0-6-1 ATS in their last seven home games
- ARIZ has an Over record of 4-1 in their previous five games
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Betting Angles
Arizona is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games against USC.
Arizona is 6-1 ATS in their last seven home games against USC.
The favorite is 7-3 ATS in the last ten games between these teams.
The home team is 9-4 ATS in the last 13 games between these teams.
In the last five games between these teams, the Over record is 4-1.
In the last five games between these teams at Arizona, the Over record is 4-1.
