Rice Owls vs Texas Longhorns Prediction, 12/12/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Rice Owls vs Texas Longhorns

Date: Monday, December 12, 2022

Location: Moody Center in Austin, TX

TV: LHN

The Texas Longhorns (7-1) are hosting the Rice Owls (6-2) at Moody Center on Monday.

The Rice Owls played Texas State and took home the win by a score of 83-71 in their last contest. With respect to personal fouls, the Owls finished with 12 and Texas State accounted for 20 personal fouls. They also converted 4 of their 14 attempts from distance. Texas State ended up going 78.6% when shooting free throws by converting 11 of their 14 attempts. Moreover, Texas State grabbed 29 rebounds (8 offensive, 21 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Texas State totaled 6 assists and had 8 steals for the contest. When talking about defending, Rice allowed the other team to shoot 46.7% from the field on 28 of 60 shooting. They also doled out 17 assists for this game while forcing 10 turnovers and getting 4 steals. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they earned 28 with 3 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Owls knocked down 15 of their 20 tries for a percentage of 75.0%. Rice finished with a 53.8% FG percentage (28 of 52) and converted 12 out of their 21 three-point shots.

Quincy Olivari is a player who played a role in the game. He finished the game at 58.8% from the floor and totaled 4 dimes. He played for 36 minutes and also snagged 5 rebounds. He recorded 30 points on 10 of 17 shooting.

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Rice heads into this contest with a record of 6-2 for the year. They are averaging 76.4 pts per contest (110th in college hoops) while going 47.4% from the field. The Owls are shooting 34.6% on shots from downtown (73 of 211) and 70.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Rice is snagging 33.1 boards per contest and has accumulated 130 dimes this year, which is 201st in the country in terms of passing. They cough up possession 11.9 times per game and as a group are committing 14.0 fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on the defensive end, the Owls are forcing their opponents into 12.1 turnovers per contest and they draw 20.1 fouls. They are surrendering 39.1% on 3-point attempts while they are 305th in college basketball in PPG allowed (74.3). The Owls defense is allowing an opponent FG percentage of 48.5% (228 of 470) and they concede 32.0 rebounds per contest as a team. They currently rank 113th in college basketball in giving up assists with 110 surrendered on the season.

When they last played, the Texas Longhorns went home victorious with a score of 88-43 when they faced Arkansas-Pine Bluff. When it comes to how they cleaned up the glass, Texas allowed Arkansas-Pine Bluff to grab 22 in all (6 on the offensive side). They went 27.3% from 3-point land by shooting 6 of 22 and ended up shooting 3 of 3 at the charity stripe (100.0%). The Longhorns permitted Arkansas-Pine Bluff to convert 17 out of their 51 attempts from the field which left them with a rate of 33.3% in the game. When the final whistle blew, the Longhorns went 37 for 65 from the field which had them at 56.9%. In reference to 3-pointers, Texas made 9 of 22 attempts (40.9%). They were able to knock down 5 of the free throw tries for a rate of 50.0%. Arkansas-Pine Bluff committed 11 fouls in this matchup which got the Longhorns to the free throw line for a total of 10 attempts. They also turned the ball over 9 times, while earning 10 steals in the game. The Longhorns earned 27 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 37 in this game.

Christian Bishop ended up being a factor for the Longhorns in this contest. He accumulated 16 points in his 20 mins of playing time and had 4 dimes for the contest. He knocked down 7 of 10 for the game giving him a rate of 70.0%, and totaled 9 rebounds.

Texas has a mark of 7-1 this season. The Longhorns commit 16.8 personal fouls per game and they connect on 66.2% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 17.8 times per game (16th in college hoops) and they cough up possession 11.4 times per contest. Texas has earned 649 pts for the year (81.1 per contest) and they pull in 39.4 rebounds per game. As an offensive unit, the Longhorns are shooting 48.8% from the floor, which is ranked 37th in the nation.

The Longhorns on the defensive side of the court are 9th in college basketball in PPG surrendered with 57.4. They have forced 18.8 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 37.1% from the floor (15th in the country). The Texas defense surrenders 26.8% on three-point shots (42 of 157) and their opponents are connecting on 64.4% of their foul shots. They have conceded 8.8 dimes and 36.1 total boards per game, which has them ranked 10th and 264th in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Rice

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