North Texas Mean Green vs Temple Owls Prediction, 3/9/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Texas Mean Green vs Temple Owls

Date: Sunday, March 9, 2025

Location: Liacouras Center in Charlotte, NC

TV: ESPN+

The Temple Owls (16-14) will try to defeat the North Texas Mean Green (23-6) at Liacouras Center on Sunday.

The North Texas Mean Green faced Charlotte and went home with a win by a final score of 75-64 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Mean Green ended up walking away with 16 while Charlotte accumulated 19 personal fouls. They also made 8 of 20 tries from distance. Charlotte finished the game shooting 93.3% when shooting free throws by knocking down 14 of 15 tries. Additionally, Charlotte grabbed 31 rebounds (12 offensive, 19 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Charlotte recorded 11 assists and had 5 steals for this game. Concerning defense, North Texas allowed their opponent to shoot 38.2% from the field on 21 out of 55 shooting. They also doled out 10 assists for the contest as well as creating 11 turnovers and having 5 steals. With respect to grabbing boards, they earned 23 with 2 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Mean Green buried 20 of their 25 shots for a rate of 80.0%. North Texas ended the contest with a 51.2% FG percentage (22 of 43) and made 11 out of their 22 shots from downtown.

Atin Wright is one guy who was a major factor in the matchup. He racked up 42 points on 12 out of 17 shooting. He saw the court for 32 mins and also snagged 3 boards. He finished 70.6% from the floor but didn't record an assist.

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North Texas enters this matchup with a win-loss record of 23-6 on the campaign. They lose possession via turnover 10.7 times per game and as a team are committing 14.9 fouls per game. As a team, North Texas is grabbing 32.9 rebounds per game and has earned 307 assists for the season, which ranks 359th in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Mean Green are connecting on 36.7% from downtown (206 of 562) and 77.2% from the free throw line. They have an average of 68.4 points per contest (313th in D-1) on 45.8% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Mean Green are able to force 12.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 15.9 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 1st in college in giving up assists with 271 surrendered so far this season. The Mean Green defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 41.0% (582 of 1,420) and they concede 28.3 boards per contest as a team. They are conceding 30.5% on three-point shots while they are 3rd in college hoops in PPG allowed (59.3).

The last time they took the court, the Temple Owls took home the win by a final score of 81-77 when they faced Tulsa. The Owls corralled 24 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 33 in the matchup. They also turned it over 6 times, while getting 4 steals in this matchup. Tulsa committed 19 personal fouls in this game which got the Owls to the free throw line for 26 attempts. They were able to knock down 21 of them for a clip of 80.8%. With respect to shots from beyond the arc, Temple buried 6 out of 14 attempts (42.9%). When the final whistle blew, the Owls finished the game shooting 27 out of 58 from the floor which had them shooting 46.6%. The Owls allowed Tulsa to make 26 out of their 54 tries from the field which left them shooting 48.1% for the matchup. They finished the game shooting 42.1% from behind the 3-point line by going 8 out of 19 and ended up going 17 out of 26 from the free throw line (65.4%). Concerning rebounding, Temple allowed Tulsa to pull down 25 in total (6 on the offensive side).

Zion Stanford was important for the Owls in this matchup. He buried 8 out of 15 for the game for a rate of 53.3%, and had 7 rebounds. He scored 20 points in his 35 minutes on the court and had 5 assists in the game.

Temple has a win-loss record of 16-14 for the campaign. The Owls commit 17.9 fouls every game and they connect on 74.0% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 10.8 times per contest (347th in Division 1) and they turn it over 11.0 times per game. Temple has totaled 2,383 pts for the year (79.4 per contest) and they grab 36.6 boards per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Owls are connecting on 44.9% from the floor, which is ranked 177th in college hoops.

The Temple defense concedes 34.3% on 3-point shots (234 of 683) and opponents are knocking down 70.0% of their free throw attempts. They relinquish 15.1 assists and 35.9 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 318th and 276th in those defensive categories. The Owls defensively are ranked 331st in D-1 in points allowed per game with 78.4. They are able to force 11.2 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 44.7% from the floor (236th in college hoops).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take North Texas

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