Texas Southern Tigers vs Houston Cougars Prediction, 11/16/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Southern Tigers vs Houston Cougars

Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Location: Fertitta Center in Houston, TX

TV: Hulu Live TV

The Texas Southern Tigers (1-2) are hitting the road to Fertitta Center on Wednesday where they will meet the Houston Cougars (3-0).

The Texas Southern Tigers faced off with Arizona State and walked away with a win by a score of 67-66 in their last game. In the matter of fouls, the Tigers ended up walking away with 16 and Arizona State racked up 17 fouls. They also buried 5 out of their 23 attempts from beyond the arc. Arizona State went 88.2% at the free throw line by making 15 of 17 shots. On top of that, Arizona State pulled down 41 rebounds (10 offensive, 31 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. Arizona State distributed 11 assists and had 7 steals in this matchup. In reference to defending, Texas Southern allowed the other team to go 34.3% from the floor on 23 of 67 shooting. They also doled out 10 dimes for the contest as well as forcing 13 turnovers and having 6 steals. In terms of pulling down rebounds, they collected a total of 44 with 15 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the free throw line, the Tigers converted 7 of their 19 shots for a rate of 36.8%. Texas Southern finished having earned a 39.7% field goal percentage (27 of 68) and converted 6 out of their 17 3-point attempts.

PJ Henry is a player who was a major contributor for the game. He finished the game at 50.0% from the floor and dished out 4 assists. He played 31 minutes played and also totaled 4 boards. He was able to score 22 points on 8 of 16 shooting.

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Texas Southern heads into this matchup with a mark of 1-2 for the campaign. They turn it over 15.7 times per game and as a unit they are committing 18.7 fouls every game. As a team, Texas Southern is collecting 38.3 boards per contest and is sitting with 21 assists for the year, which is 328th in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Tigers are connecting on 32.0% from downtown (16 of 50) and 51.5% from the free throw line. They are averaging 66.0 pts per game (306th in college hoops) on 37.9% from the field.

Defensively, the Tigers have forced 16.0 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.3 fouls. They are 264th in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 36 surrendered so far this season. The Tigers are allowing a FG percentage of 45.8% (82 of 179) and they relinquish 42.0 boards per game as a squad. They are surrendering 33.3% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 316th in college hoops in PPG allowed (78.0).

The last time they took the court, the Houston Cougars took home the win by a final score of 83-45 when they faced Oral Roberts. The Cougars were able to snag 33 defensive rebounds and 15 offensive boards totaling 48 in the matchup. They also coughed it up 12 times, while recording 5 steals in the game. Oral Roberts committed 22 personal fouls for this game which took the Cougars to the free throw line for 25 shots. They were able to knock down 17 of them for a rate of 68.0%. In regard to shooting from downtown, Houston knocked down 6 out of their 17 attempts (35.3%). Overall, the Cougars finished the game shooting 30 for 58 from the field which had them at 51.7%. The Cougars allowed Oral Roberts to knock down 14 of their 62 attempts from the field which had them at 22.6% in this game. They finished 21.1% from downtown by shooting 8 out of 38 and ended up going 9 out of 15 at the charity stripe (60.0%). In reference to team rebounding, Houston allowed Oral Roberts to grab 25 overall (10 on the offensive side).

Tramon Mark was important for the Cougars in this matchup. He racked up 23 points in his 28 minutes of playing time, but wrapped up this contest with no dimes. He buried 8 out of 12 in this game giving him a rate of 66.7%, and totaled 4 rebounds.

Houston has a mark of 3-0 on the campaign. The Cougars commit 16.7 fouls per contest and they hit 68.6% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 13.0 times per game (215th in the country) and they turn it over 9.7 times per contest. Houston has accounted for 247 pts on the year (82.3 per game) and they snag 45.3 boards per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Cougars are connecting on 48.7% from the field, which ranks 93rd in the nation.

The Cougars on the defensive end are ranked 6th in college hoops in points allowed per contest with 45.3. They are forcing their opponents into 16.7 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 25.8% from the field (1st in college hoops). The Houston defense gives up 21.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter (18 of 83) and their opponents are knocking down 65.5% of their free throw attempts. They concede 5.7 dimes and 33.7 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 5th and 149th in the nation.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas Southern

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