Rice vs Western Kentucky Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/18/23

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the Rice Owls meet in college basketball action from the Tudor Fieldhouse on Saturday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Rice is listed as a 1.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -120. The total for this game is set at 151.5 points.

Injuries

Western Kentucky has Luke Frampton listed as out for the season with a knee injury while Rice comes into this game with a clean bill of health.

Matchup History

Rice’s 81-78 win over Western Kentucky back on December 29^th, 2022, snapped WKU’s 7-game head-to-head win streak against the Owls.

Trends

Western Kentucky is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 4-10-2 ATS in their last 16 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Rice is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 home games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games against a team with a losing road record while the over is 16-5 in their last 21 games overall.

Pick

I’m backing the over here. These are two teams that love to find themselves in high-scoring track meets and I don’t think this game ends up being any different. Historically, that trend falls in line with a lot of the recent meetings and I just think we have another high-scoring duel here as well. Give me the over in this one.