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Houston Cougars vs. Temple Owls
The Houston Cougars and the Temple Owls will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Liacouras Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Cougars as -13-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 131.
Temple won its last outing, a 65-57 result against Green Wave on January 16. They covered in that game as a -1.5-point favorite.
Houston was a 86-59 winner in their most recent outing at home against Golden Hurricane. They covered the -12.5-point spread as favorites.
Houston:
Team record: 12-1 SU,9-4 ATS
Current Streak: won 5 straight games.
Houston is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Houston is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games on the road
Houston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Temple:
Team record: 3-3 SU,4-2 ATS
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Temple's last 5 games at home
Temple is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Houston
Temple is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Houston
Next up:
Houston at Tulane Thursday, January 28
Temple home to Tulsa Tuesday, January 26