Wednesday college basketball and we will see the Texas Tech Red Raiders travel to Gallagher-Iba Arena to take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The game has a start time of 9:00 pm (Eastern) and will be televised on ESPN U. Current Vegas betting odds have Oklahoma State listed as 15 point favorites, while the total is set at 146.
Analysis: The Texas Tech Red Raiders come having lost their first 5 games in Big 12 play. Overall the Red Raiders are 10-8 on the year, including 0-3 in true road games. Texas Tech is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 vs. Big 12. Texas Tech has been a poor offensive team this year, ranking 242nd in scoring (65.1 ppg), 267th in shooting (41.6%), 291st in 3 point shooting (30.5%) and 298th in FT shooting (64.9%). Defensively the Red Raiders have been very solid so far, ranking 65th in points allowed (61.4 ppg), 72nd in defensive FG% (39.8%) and 134th in 3 point defense (32.6%).
The Oklahoma State Cowboys are off a tough two game road trip in which they lost to both Kansas and Oklahoma. The Cowboys have now lost 3 of their last 4 games, but are still 12-5 overall, including 8-1 at home. Oklahoma State is 36-12-3 ATS in their last 51 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400 and 59-29-4 ATS in their last 92 home games, but just 4-9-1 ATS in their last 14 games following a ATS loss. Oklahoma State has been a decent offensive team this year, ranking 119th in scoring (70.4 ppg), 149th in shooting (44.1%), 204th in 3 point shooting (33.4%) and 105th in FT shooting (70.7%). Defensively the Cowboys have been very good, ranking 44th in points allowed (60.5 ppg), 29th in defensive FG% (38.3%) and 87th in 3 point defense (31.5%).
Pick: Gonna look to the Under in this game. The Red Raiders can't score a lick right now as they come in averaging just 55 ppg in their last 5 games and 56.3 ppg on the road. Now they face an Oklahoma State squad that has allowed just 57.2 ppg at home. Very hard to see a ton of points from the Red Raiders. The Cowboys do average 73.5 pg at home, but they have struggled offensively in Big 12 play thus far, averaging just 62.6 ppg in conference games so far. the offenses are struggling right now and that should keep this game in the lower 120s.
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