Texas Longhorns vs Texas A&M Aggies Prediction, 1/4/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Longhorns vs Texas A&M Aggies

Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025

Location: Reed Arena in College Station, TX

TV: ESPN+

Reed Arena is the site where the Texas A&M Aggies (11-2) will go up against the Texas Longhorns (11-2) on Saturday.

The Texas Longhorns faced off with Northwestern State and went home with a win by a final score of 77-53 in their last contest. In relation to fouls, the Longhorns finished with 15 and Northwestern State accounted for 15 fouls. They also buried 3 out of their 17 attempts from distance. Northwestern State finished the contest at 47.1% at the charity stripe by converting 8 of 17 shots. On top of that, Northwestern State totaled 23 rebounds (7 offensive, 16 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Northwestern State distributed 7 dimes and had 9 steals in this game. With respect to the defense, Texas allowed the other team to go 38.2% from the field on 21 of 55 shooting. They also dished out 15 assists for this game while forcing 5 turnovers and getting 2 steals. With regard to hauling in boards, they earned 41 with 12 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Longhorns made 12 of their 15 shots for a rate of 80.0%. Texas walked away from the game having earned a 50.0% field goal percentage (27 of 54) and buried 11 out of their 25 three-point shots.

Tre Johnson is one guy who was a contributor for the game. He ended up going 63.6% from the floor and also recorded 4 dimes. He saw the court for 22 mins played and collected 4 rebounds. He left the arena with 18 points on 7 of 11 shooting.

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Texas comes into this contest with a win-loss record of 11-2 on the year. They average 84.5 points per game (30th in college hoops) while hitting 51.7% from the field. The Longhorns are hitting 41.7% on shots from distance (113 of 271) and 71.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, Texas is grabbing 37.5 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 201 dimes this season, which is 140th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 8.9 times per contest and as a group are committing 15.8 fouls per contest.

When they are on defense, the Longhorns have forced 12.9 turnovers every game while drawing 18.2 personal fouls. They currently rank 50th in college in giving up assists with 143 surrendered this season. The Longhorns defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 39.1% (294 of 752) and they concede 31.5 boards per game as a team. They give up 32.1% from 3-point land while they are 15th in college hoops in PPG allowed (62.0).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Texas A&M Aggies got the victory with a final of 92-54 against Abilene Christian. Concerning rebounds, Texas A&M permitted Abilene Christian to pull down 18 in total (9 on the offensive side). They finished 35.7% from 3-point land by going 5 out of 14 and walked away from this one shooting 11 of 13 at the charity stripe (84.6%). The Aggies permitted Abilene Christian to make 19 of 52 tries from the field which had them sitting at 36.5% in the matchup. Overall, the Aggies finished 31 out of 53 from the floor which had them shooting 58.5%. Regarding 3-point attempts, Texas A&M knocked down 8 of 20 tries (40.0%). They were able to make 22 of those for a percentage of 73.3%. Abilene Christian had 21 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Aggies to the charity stripe for 30 tries. They coughed up the ball 18 times, while getting 15 steals for this contest. The Aggies were able to collect 25 defensive boards and 16 offensive rebounds totaling 41 for the contest.

Wade Taylor IV ended up being a factor for the Aggies in this contest. He totaled 15 points in his 30 minutes on the court and earned 10 dimes for the matchup. He converted 4 out of 8 for this contest for a rate of 50.0%, and accounted for 2 rebounds.

Texas A&M has a mark of 11-2 on the year. In terms of offensive execution, the Aggies are hitting on 43.1% from the floor, which is 269th in the country. Texas A&M has accounted for 990 pts this season (76.2 per game) and they grab 42.9 boards per contest. They are dishing out assists 13.2 times per contest (243rd in the country) and they turn it over 12.8 times per contest. The Aggies commit 16.8 fouls per game and they connect on 69.7% from the free throw line.

The Aggies defensively are ranked 19th in the nation in points allowed per game with 62.6. They are forcing 14.5 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 38.0% from the floor (15th in the country). The Texas A&M defense allows 28.8% on shots from 3-point land (95 of 330) and opponents are making 73.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 12.7 dimes and 31.3 rebounds per game, which ranks them 160th and 49th in the nation.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Texas A&M and under the total points

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