Texas Longhorns vs Ole Miss Rebels Prediction, 12/31/1969 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Longhorns vs Ole Miss Rebels

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Location: The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, MS

TV: ESPN+

The Ole Miss Rebels (15-5) welcome the Texas Longhorns (14-6) at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss on Wednesday.

The Texas Longhorns faced off with Texas A&M and notched a win by a score of 70-69 in their last game. When it comes to personal fouls, the Longhorns ended up finishing with 13 and Texas A&M finished the game with 15 personal fouls. They also buried 12 out of their 23 attempts from 3-point range. Texas A&M ended up shooting 37.5% at the charity stripe by burying 3 of their 8 attempts. On top of that, Texas A&M pulled down 32 boards (12 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Texas A&M doled out 12 assists and had 4 steals for the contest. In the matter of defense, Texas allowed 42.2% from the floor on 27 out of 64 shooting. They also doled out 16 assists in this contest while forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and earning 6 steals. With respect to rebounding, they earned 24 with 5 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Longhorns converted 14 of 17 tries for a percentage of 82.4%. Texas finished the contest with a 46.2% field goal percentage (24 of 52) and knocked down 8 of their 20 shots from distance.

Tre Johnson is one guy who came through in this matchup. He ended up scoring 30 points on 8 of 18 shooting. He played for 37 minutes and grabbed 1 rebound. He walked away from this one shooting 44.4% from the field and dished out 4 dimes.

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Texas heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 14-6 on the season. They have an average of 78.9 pts per contest (79th in the nation) while hitting 48.2% from the field. The Longhorns are shooting 37.4% on shots beyond the perimeter (155 of 414) and 75.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Texas is collecting 35.2 boards per game and has racked up 267 assists on the year, which has them ranked 233rd in the country in terms of passing the rock. They turn the ball over 9.6 times per game and as a team they commit 16.6 fouls every game.

When they are on defense, the Longhorns are able to force 12.4 turnovers every game while drawing 18.2 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 56th in college in giving up assists with 230 conceded so far this season. The Longhorns defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 41.2% (475 of 1,154) and they surrender 33.7 boards per contest as a squad. They give up 32.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 50th in D-1 in points per game allowed (66.3).

The last time they took the court, the Ole Miss Rebels took a loss by a score of 83-75 when they faced Missouri. The Rebels recorded 22 defensive boards and 3 offensive boards for a total of 25 in the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 13 times, while earning 10 steals for this contest. Missouri was called for 19 personal fouls for the contest which took the Rebels to the charity stripe for a total of 18 tries. They were able to convert 13 of the free throw tries for a rate of 72.2%. When discussing three-point attempts, Ole Miss buried 6 out of 20 attempts (30.0%). When this game wrapped up, the Rebels went 28 out of 58 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 48.3%. The Rebels allowed Missouri to bury 22 of 49 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 44.9% for the matchup. They shot 44.0% from 3-point land by shooting 11 out of 25 and finished the contest at 28 out of 39 at the charity stripe (71.8%). In regard to how they cleaned up the glass, Ole Miss allowed Missouri to snag 37 in all (11 on the offensive side).

Malik Dia ended up being a factor for the Rebels in this game. He made 6 of 13 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 46.2%, and had 8 rebounds. He racked up 17 points in his 26 minutes on the court and earned 1 assist for this contest.

Ole Miss has a record of 15-5 so far this year. The Rebels are responsible for committing 17.6 fouls every game and they go 73.0% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 15.7 times per contest (76th in college) and they are turning it over 9.6 times per game. Ole Miss has 1,556 points so far this year (77.8 per game) and they pull in 34.3 boards per game. When it comes to offense, the Rebels are shooting 44.7% from the floor, which is 188th in the country.

The Rebels on the defensive end are ranked 52nd in Division 1 in points per game surrendered with 66.4. They are forcing 16.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 40.6% from the field (46th in the nation). The Ole Miss defense concedes 30.0% on shots from 3-point land (148 of 493) and their opposition makes 69.7% of their free throw attempts. They have conceded 12.5 assists and 37.3 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 129th and 316th in those defensive categories.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas

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