The 8^th-ranked Arizona Wildcats will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah to face the Utah Utes at the Jon M. Huntsman Center with the game scheduled to start at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday night and will air on the Pac-12 Network.

The Arizona Wildcats enter this game ranked 8^th in the AP Poll and 8^th in the Coaches Poll with a record of 17-5 which includes a record of 8-3 in the Pac-12 and are on a three-game winning streak following Sunday’s 82-71 win at home against the Stanford Cardinal. The success of the Wildcats this season can be attributed to their offensive play as they are averaging the 2^nd most points per game in college basketball this season with an average of 89 points per game. 

Caleb Love has played a pivotal role in the success the Wildcats have had offensively as he leads the team in scoring and is 3^rd on the team in assists with an average of 18.9 points and 3.3 assists per game. Defensively, Arizona has been a slightly below-average team and is allowing an average of 72.05 points per game which is more than the national average of 71.8 points per game. The Arizona Wildcats will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they travel to face the Utah Utes.

Utah enters this game with an overall record of 15-7 and a Pac-12 conference record of 6-5 which puts them in a tie with Colorado, Stanford, and UCLA for 4^th place in the conference following Saturday’s 73-68 win at home against the Colorado Buffaloes which also ended their two-game losing streak. The Utes have been an above-average team defensively as they are allowing an average of 71.23 points per game while also being an above-average team offensively as they are averaging 78.41 points per game. Branden Carlson has been one of the better players on the team and leads the team in scoring, rebounds, and blocks with an average of 16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game. The Utah Utes will look to build off the momentum following the win against Colorado when they host the Arizona Wildcats on Thursday night.

BookMaker has the Arizona Wildcats listed as 5.5-point favorites on the road against the Utah Utes on Thursday night. Arizona has won seven of the last ten and two of the previous three matchups. The Utes have covered the spread in six of the last ten while the Wildcats have covered the spread in two of the previous three games in the series. The Arizona Wildcats are 14-8 ATS overall, 3-3 ATS on the road, 13-8 ATS as a favorite, and 5-6 ATS in conference games this season while the Utah Utes are 11-11 ATS overall, 8-4 ATS at home, 2-4 ATS as an underdog, and 4-7 ATS in conference games on the year.

Arizona enters this game with a better record and has been the better team in the series, winning seven of the last ten and two of the previous three matchups. The Wildcats have covered the spread in two of the previous three games in the series and have been the better team at covering the spread this season with a record of 14-8 ATS overall while the Utes are 11-11 ATS overall. Buy the .5 point and lay the points with the Arizona Wildcats when they travel to face the Utah Utes on Thursday night.