North Texas vs Florida Atlantic 12/29/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Florida Atlantic Owls (11-1) vs. North Texas Mean Green (10-2)
December 29, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: North Texas Mean Green -2.5 / Florida Atlantic Owls +2.5; Over/Under: +125.5
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The FAU Owls and the North Texas Mean Green meet in college basketball action from the UNT Coliseum on Thursday night.
The FAU Owls will look to build on a 67-52 win over Northern Kentucky last time out. Alijah Martin leads the Owls in scoring with 14 PPG with 5.2 RPG while Michael Forrest has 11.7 PPG this season. Vladislav Goldin has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 5.7 RPG to lead FAU on the glass and to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for FAU so far this season. Nicholas Boyd also has 9.6 PPG and a team-high 2.6 APG as well on the year. As a team, FAU is averaging 80.9 PPG on 49.3% shooting from the field, 39% from three and 66.3% from the foul line this season.
The North Texas Mean Green will try to build on a 78-54 win over UTSA last time out. Tylor Perry leads the Mean Green in scoring and assists with 17.2 PPG and 2.9 APG while Kai Huntsberry has 11.8 PPG and Abou Ousmane has 13.3 PPG with a team-high 6.7 RPG to lead the Mean Green on the glass this season. As a team, North Texas is averaging 62.2 PPG on 39.4% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three and 69.9% from the foul line this season.
FAU is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. North Texas is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 15-5-2 ATS in their last 22 Thursday games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 home games.
I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I like the under here. North Texas is known for playing solid defense and moving at a snail’s pace and I think this game is going to be no different as the Mean Green enjoy bringing teams down to their level and getting down and dirty. FAU’s a solid group with a great cover number this season, but that defense of North Texas is always an equalizer. I could see FAU bagging another cover in a 61-59 type of game, but either way, give me the under here.
