Cougars set to pounce on Beavers

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01/25/2007 - Pullman, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington State has cracked the Top-25, and the 20th-ranked Cougars will play host to the Oregon State Beavers this evening in a Pac-10 tilt.

Oregon State is 0-5 against ranked teams this season, and the squad is just 9-11 overall. On Saturday, the Beavers fell to 1-6 against Pac-10 opponents with a 67-56 loss to Stanford, and while they are now 6-9 at home, they actually own a better record on the road (3-2).

Washington State recently won its first game as a ranked team since 1980, and the club is currently a surprising 16-3 overall, including 5-2 against Pac-10 foes. The Cougars have won five of their last six games, including a 75-47 romp over Washington on Saturday that enabled them to improve to 9-0 at home.

Oregon State owns a 161-111 advantage in the all-time series with Washington State, and the Beavers won both meetings last season.

Marcel Jones has started all 20 games for Oregon State this season and is netting a team-high 16.9 ppg to go along with 6.1 rpg. The only other double-digit scorer in the lineup is Sasa Cuic, as he is posting 13.3 ppg. The Beavers are only generating 66.1 ppg on 42.7 percent shooting from the floor, and they are allowing 68.1 ppg to opponents. In the loss to Stanford on Saturday, Jones scored 20 points to go along with eight rebounds and seven steals. Unfortunately, he got little help from a rather weak supporting cast, and the Beavers shot just 37.7 percent from the field while also suffering a 16-5 disadvantage in points from the foul line. Cuic missed the game because of a bruised left elbow, but he may be able to get back to action tonight.

Derrick Low is the leading scorer for Washington State, as he is scoring 14.6 ppg on 41 percent accuracy from behind the arc. Like Oregon State, the Cougars only have two double-digit scorers on the roster, as Kyle Weaver adds 11.3 ppg to the lineup. WSU is not an explosive offensive team by any means, but the fact that the club has been able to limit opponents to 58.1 ppg on 40.3 percent shooting from the field explains the tremendous success achieved thus far. The Cougars dominated Washington at both ends of the floor on Saturday, as they shot 53.6 percent from the field while limiting the Huskies to 28.3 percent efficiency. Low nailed 5-of-7 three-pointers and finished with 20 points to lead the way in the win, and Weaver hit 7-of-8 shots from the field en route to 17 points.

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De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

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