UCLA vs Ohio State -3.5 O/U 148.5
UCLA vs Ohio State — Full Matchup Data
📌 Game Context
- Date: Jan. 17, 2026
- Location: Value City Arena, Columbus, OH
- Line: Ohio State -4.5
- Total: 148.5
- Implied Score: OSU 76, UCLA 72
📊 Team Stats Comparison
Season Leaders (per ESPN)
| Category | UCLA | Ohio State |
|---|---|---|
| Top Scorer | T. Bilodeau — 17.7 PPG | B. Thornton — 20.5 PPG |
| Rebounds | E. Dailey Jr. — 5.6 RPG | D. Royal — 6.0 RPG |
| Assists | D. Dent — 6.4 APG | B. Thornton — 3.9 APG |
| FG% | Bilodeau — 52.4% | Thornton — 56.1% |
| FT% | Bilodeau — 85.2% | Thornton — 86.3% |
Team Performance Stats
| Category | UCLA | Ohio State |
|---|---|---|
| Points Per Game | 78.4 | 83.1 |
| Points Allowed | 68.5 | 71.9 |
| Field Goal % | 48% | 50% |
| Rebounds | 32.5 | 36.6 |
| Assists | 15.8 | 16.2 |
| Blocks | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Steals | 7.1 | 5.1 |
| Turnovers | — | 10.3 |
🔥 Recent Form
UCLA — Last 3
- W 71–60 @ Penn State
- W 67–55 vs Maryland
- L 80–72 @ Wisconsin
Ohio State — Context
- Coming off an 81–74 loss to Washington
- Home inconsistency: 18 home losses since 2022–23
🚑 Injury Report
- UCLA: Skyy Clark (13.5 PPG, 48.6% 3PT) — hamstring, doubtful
- Ohio State: Christoph Tilly — left last game after head injury, status uncertain
📊 Team Statistical Profile
Ohio State Buckeyes
- Record: 11–5 (3–3 Big Ten)
- Points per game: 83.1 (74th nationally)
- Points allowed: 71.9 (137th nationally)
- Rebounds per game: 32.9 (185th nationally)
- Rebounds allowed: 28.2 (42nd nationally)
- Assists per game: 15.9 (84th nationally)
- Turnovers per game: 10.3
- ATS record: 6–10
- Injury watch: Christoph Tilly (head) left last game early
UCLA Bruins
- Record: 12–5 (4–2 Big Ten)
- Key injury: Skyy Clark (13.5 PPG, 48.6% from three) doubtful with hamstring injury
- Recent performance: 2–1 without Clark; Trent Perry scored 30 vs. Penn State
- ATS record: 7–10
Prediction:
- Heading to the Big 10, this game will mean something as both teams trying to get solid wins for the NCAA tournament.
- Ohio State has been a hit or miss team. They are only 6-10 ATS, and they haven’t had any big wins yet. One thing they do is play more defense than last year ranking 60th in efficiency. They play at a mid-pace ranking 196th.
- UCLA is a team that is defensive oriented. Since their loss to WIsconsin, they stuffed Maryland to only 55 points and held Penn State to 60.
- The Bruins rank a slow 286th in pace and it would be slower if they had a harder non-conference schedule.
- I see a lot of ways that the under hits this game. Ohio State could win with margin while UCLA continues to struggle at scoring on the road. The Bruins shoot 48.7% effective FG efficiency away from home.
Under 148.5 – 2.5 stars
Iowa vs Indiana -2.5 O/U 143.5
- This is an interesting game as both of these teams are coming off of multiple losses, and both coaches recently game from Drake.
- I kind of feel for Iowa as they just went though a gauntlet of Illinois and Purdue back to back.
- Indiana may be the bees knees in football, but I am just not buying their basketball team as their best win was at home against Washington. They lost every top 50 game by multiple scores, and now they have to play a team that will play quite slow.
- Indiana doesn’t play good offense against any teams that can play a lick of D. I like Iowa to cover some, but I like the under more.
Under 143 – 2 stars
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