Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 1:00 PM

XL Center

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The Temple Owls will travel to the XL Center and take on the Connecticut Huskies on Wednesday afternoon. Temple comes into the game with a three game winning streak, including a blow-out upset win over Kansas. The Owls are 9-4 overall, and 1-2 on the road. For Connecticut, they are the defending national champions, but have struggled a bit in 2014-2015. The Huskies are 6-4 overall, and 3-2 at home.

The Connecticut Huskies, led by Kevin Ollie, their head coach have won two straight games. The Huskies lost three straight at the end of November and early December to West Virginia, Texas and Yale. After a win over Coppin State, the Huskies fell to Duke. The Huskies are scoring 69.5 points per game, led by Ryan Boatright and his 19.5 per game. Connecticut beat Central Connecticut State on December 28th behind 18 from Boatright.

The Temple Owls have losses this season to Duke, UNLV, St. Joseph and Villanova this season. Outside of the win over Kansas, the Owls do not have another signature win. Temple is scoring 65.3 points per game. In the win over Delaware State, the Owls scored 66, led by Jesse Morgan’s 15. He leads the team with 16 points per game. Also in the win over Delaware State, Jaylen Bond ripped down 18 rebounds. He leads the team with nearly 8 per game.

Temple Owls Betting Trends

Temple Owls are 4-6-0 Against the Spread

Temple Owls are 1-5-0 against the Over/Under

Connecticut Huskies Betting Trends

Connecticut Huskies are 3-4-0 Against the Spread

Connecticut Huskies are 2-3-0 against the Over/Under

Injuries to Watch

Temple Owls

No injuries to report at this time

Connecticut Huskies

No injuries to report at this time

Tony's Pick: Take Uconn

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