Houston Cougars vs Oregon State Beavers Point Spread Picks

Oregon State is on a tremendous roll winning and covering its last six games, including Saturday's 65-58 victory over Loyola-Chicago as Ethan Thompson scored 20 points and hit the clinching free throws with 35 seconds left. The Beavers were picked to finish last in the Pac-12 before the season, but Wayne Tinkle's squad has used changing defenses to confound opposing teams and that's what happened on Saturday as the Ramblers shot 33 percent and made only five of 23 from 3-point land. The Beavers are 21-9-1 on the season and 13-3-1 ATS their past 17 games against teams with winning records and they are 6-0 ATS their last six neutral-site games. Houston comes off a 62-46 win over Syracuse, which shot only 28 percent, but the Cougars are 1-6 ATS their last seven games after giving up fewer than 50 points their previous game. Oregon State is 16-5 ATS as an underdog dating to last season and will keep this one close. Grab the points with Oregon State.