South Carolina State are on the road in this one, playing a well rested team who have not played since December 20th. The Bulldogs are struggling on the road to get wins, despite being able to cover their games, but have terrible defensive issues and this is a step up in talent for them. Meanwhile, Ok. St is ramping up for conference play and will use this game as a warm up precursor. They are a great rebounding team and are improving on both defense and offense, and according to their coach, this is the spot they have been asked to step up their game going into conference play. Take the much better well balanced team in this matchup.

South Carolina State are 0-10 SU in their last 10 games on the road. South Carolina State are 0-9 SU in their last 9 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference. Oklahoma State are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games played in December.

Best bet: lay the points with Oklahoma State.