Texas Tech Red Raiders vs TCU Horned Frogs Prediction, 2/26/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Tech Red Raiders vs TCU Horned Frogs

Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022

Location: Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, TX

TV: ESPN2

The Texas Tech Red Raiders (22-6) are traveling to Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena on Saturday where they will go up against the TCU Horned Frogs (17-9).

The Texas Tech Red Raiders took the court against Oklahoma and earned the victory with a final of 66-42 in their last contest. In regard to personal fouls, the Red Raiders left the arena with 9 and Oklahoma totaled 9 personal fouls. They also knocked down 7 out of their 20 tries from distance. Oklahoma walked away from this one shooting 50.0% at the charity stripe by knocking down 1 of their 2 attempts. Additionally, Oklahoma collected 15 rebounds (1 offensive, 14 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. Oklahoma recorded 12 dimes and had 11 steals in the matchup. Regarding defense, Texas Tech allowed 37.8% from the floor on 17 of 45 shooting. They also recorded 16 assists in the matchup as well as creating 20 turnovers and having 11 steals. When talking about getting rebounds, they compiled 30 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Red Raiders made 5 of their 9 attempts for a rate of 55.6%. Texas Tech finished the contest having earned a 57.1% field goal percentage (28 out of 49) and converted 5 of 18 shots from downtown.

Davion Warren is one guy who was a major factor for the game. He accumulated 16 points on 7 out of 9 shooting. He saw the court for 26 minutes and pulled down 4 rebounds. He shot 77.8% from the floor and earned 2 assists.

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Texas Tech enters this one with a record of 22-6 this season. They lose possession via turnover 13.6 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 16.4 personal fouls per game. As a unit, Texas Tech is grabbing 37.4 boards per contest and has 382 assists for the campaign, which has them ranked 121st in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Red Raiders are shooting 31.4% on shots from beyond the arc (170 of 541) and 69.7% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 73.4 points per outing (124th in Division 1) while shooting 47.0% from the floor.

Defensively, the Red Raiders are forcing their opponents into 16.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 19.1 fouls. They are conceding 32.0% on shots from distance while they are 13th in college hoops in PPG from their opponents (60.4). The Red Raiders are giving up a FG percentage of 38.2% (576 of 1,509) and they surrender 30.4 boards per game as a unit. They are 122nd in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 315 surrendered so far this season.

For their last game, the TCU Horned Frogs took a defeat with a final score of 75-66 when they played Texas. When talking about cleaning up the glass, TCU permitted Texas to grab 25 overall (12 on the offensive glass). They shot 7.1% from three-point range via 1 of 14 and ended up shooting 24 of 29 from the free throw line (82.8%). The Horned Frogs allowed Texas to convert 25 of their 56 attempts from the field which had them at 44.6% in the game. Overall, the Horned Frogs ended up going 26 out of 47 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 55.3%. When it comes to shots from downtown, TCU converted 6 of their 10 attempts (60.0%). They were able to knock down 8 of the free throws for a clip of 72.7%. Texas committed 14 fouls for this contest which got the Horned Frogs to the charity stripe for a total of 11 attempts. They turned the ball over 14 times, while getting 4 steals for this game. The Horned Frogs were able to pull down 21 defensive boards and 1 offensive rebounds totaling 22 for this game.

Mike Miles ended up being a major contributor for the Horned Frogs for the contest. He converted 8 of 15 in this game for a rate of 53.3%, and accumulated 1 rebound. He totaled 17 points in his 36 minutes on the court and had 3 assists for the matchup.

TCU has a win-loss record of 17-9 so far this season. As an offensive unit, the Horned Frogs are shooting 43.9% from the field, which is ranked 198th in the nation. TCU has tallied 1,777 pts this season (68.3 per game) and they pull in 39.7 boards per game. Their rate of earning assists is at 14.0 times per contest (119th in the nation) and they cough up possession 14.7 times per contest. The Horned Frogs have committed 15.1 fouls per game and they go 66.7% from the free throw line.

The Horned Frogs on the defensive end are ranked 43rd in Division 1 in PPG given up with 64.3. They have forced 12.5 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 41.8% from the field (108th in college hoops). The TCU defense concedes 31.3% from downtown (161 of 515) and opponents are converting on 69.2% of their foul shots. They have relinquished 12.8 assists and 30.4 boards per game, which is ranked 193rd and 19th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take TCU

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