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More than once this season we've seen Wayne Tinkle's Beavers overwhelm outmanned opposition, including a handful of times in early WCC play. Recent romps past the likes of San Diego and Pacific suggest that when Tinkle's side has a manpower edge, they can exploit it ruthlessly in this league. OSU is scoring at an 85 ppg clip its past five games, and a recent romp at UOP is illustrative, as the Tigers couldn't contain Beaver frontliners Parsa Fallah and Michael Rataj, who combined for 40 points, while OSU won the rebound battle a whooping 36-19. Pepperdine could not deal with the physicality of Saint Mary's in a pair of recent blowout losses to the Gaels, and seems at a similar disadvantage tonight. Play OSU
Wayne Tinkle has cranked up the Beavers offense and nobody in the WCC seems able to slow down OSU. Correspondingly, over results in four straight and eight of nine suggest the problems coping with OSU's 78 ppg offense, or 6-9 F Michael Rataj, who just burned the Zags for 29 points last week in a Beavers' rousing 97-79 upset win. Note that Pepperdine has been helpless in recent weeks vs. physical Saint Mary's and USF, but the Waves have put up lots of points vs. the likes of Pacific, the Zags, and Santa Clara, all teams that like to run and over in each of those vs. Pep. This 141.5 is hardly prohibitive. Play Pepperdine-Oregon State Over
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