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North Texas Mean Green vs. Rice Owls
The fans at Tudor Fieldhouse will be treated to a game between the North Texas Mean Green and the Rice Owls when they take their seats on Saturday.
Oddsmakers opened the Mean Green as -5.5-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 131.
In their last action, Rice was a 98-63 winner at home against Bulldogs.
North Texas was a 66-58 winner in their most recent outing at home against Miners. They failed to cover the -10-point spread as favorites.
North Texas:
Team record: 17-4 SU,11-7-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 9 straight games.
North Texas is 13-2-1 ATS in its last 16 games on the road
North Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of North Texas's last 6 games on the road
Rice:
Team record: 14-9 SU,10-10-1 ATS
Rice is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing North Texas
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Rice's last 16 games when playing North Texas
Rice is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against North Texas
Next up:
North Texas at Florida Atlantic Thursday, February 17
Rice at UAB Thursday, February 17