Baylor Bears vs Texas Tech Red Raiders Prediction, 1/17/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baylor Bears vs Texas Tech Red Raiders

Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Location: United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, TX

TV: ESPNU

United Supermarkets Arena is the site where the Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-7) will play the Baylor Bears (12-5) on Tuesday.

The Baylor Bears faced Oklahoma State and earned the victory with a final of 74-58 in their last contest. Baylor ended the game having earned a 46.3% field goal percentage (25 out of 54) and converted 9 out of their 24 shots from downtown. From the charity stripe, the Bears knocked down 15 of their 22 attempts for a rate of 68.2%. In the matter of pulling down boards, they earned 35 with 8 of them being offensive. They also dished out 18 dimes for the contest while forcing 10 turnovers and earning 2 steals. When talking about the defense, Baylor allowed the other team to shoot 38.3% from the field on 23 of 60 shooting. Oklahoma State distributed 12 assists and had 2 steals in this game. Moreover, Oklahoma State had 27 rebounds (6 offensive, 21 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Oklahoma State finished the contest at 62.5% at the free throw line by making 5 of 8 tries. They also knocked down 7 of their 33 shots from 3-point land. When talking about personal fouls, the Bears ended up finishing with 14 and Oklahoma State recorded 19 personal fouls.

LJ Cryer is someone who was a factor for this game. He totaled 16 points on 6 of 9 shooting. He was on the court for 35 mins and pulled down 2 boards. He finished the game shooting 66.7% from the floor and also recorded 2 assists.

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Baylor will enter this contest with a record of 12-5 for the season. They turn it over 13.7 times per contest and as a group they are committing 18.4 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Baylor is pulling in 36.5 boards per contest and has 281 assists on the campaign, which has them ranked 56th in the nation in terms of passing. The Bears are hitting 36.1% from downtown (161 of 446) and 73.6% from the charity stripe. They average 80.6 points per outing (28th in D-1) while shooting 46.1% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Bears are forcing 14.9 turnovers per game and they draw 19.9 fouls. They are relinquishing 33.2% on 3-pointers and they rank 199th in college basketball in opponents PPG (69.6). The Bears defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 43.2% (413 of 956) and they surrender 31.1 rebounds per game as a team. They are 274th in college basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 254 relinquished for the season.

In their last game, the Texas Tech Red Raiders went home defeated by a final of 72-70 against Texas. The Red Raiders earned 24 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 34 for the game. They also coughed up the ball 15 times, while getting 4 steals for the contest. Texas was called for 15 fouls for the contest which took the Red Raiders to the charity stripe for a total of 20 shots. They were able to convert 14 of those for a percentage of 70.0%. In terms of shots from distance, Texas Tech converted 8 out of their 21 attempts (38.1%). When this game wrapped up, the Red Raiders ended up shooting 24 for 61 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 39.3%. The Red Raiders allowed Texas to knock down 23 out of 53 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 43.4% for this game. They finished shooting 28.6% from 3-point land by shooting 8 out of 28 and walked away from this one shooting 18 of 24 from the free throw line (75.0%). Regarding cleaning up the glass, Texas Tech allowed Texas to collect 27 overall (4 on the offensive glass).

Pop Isaacs was important for the Red Raiders for the matchup. He tallied 23 points in his 36 minutes on the hardwood and totaled 3 assists for the contest. He made 7 of 19 for this contest giving him a rate of 36.8%, and added 2 rebounds.

Texas Tech has a record of 10-7 on the year. The Red Raiders have committed 14.6 fouls per game while shooting 71.7% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 14.1 times per game (127th in the country) and they are losing possession via turnover 14.8 times per game. Texas Tech has tallied 1,296 points this season (76.2 per contest) and they collect 35.6 boards per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Red Raiders are connecting on 48.0% from the field, which is ranked 36th in college hoops.

The Red Raiders on defense are ranked 83rd in the nation in points given up per game with 65.5. They are forcing 16.2 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 41.3% from the floor (86th in college hoops). The Texas Tech defense gives up 32.6% on three-point shots (129 of 396) and their opposition makes 69.3% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 12.6 dimes and 31.5 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 178th and 42nd in Division 1.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Texas Tech and under the total points

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