Louisiana Tech vs North Texas 1/29/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The North Texas Mean Green and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Thomas Assembly Center on Saturday afternoon.

The North Texas Mean Green will look to build on their six-game win streak after a 63-54 win over Southern Miss last time out. Tylor Perry leads the Mean Green in scoring and assists with 14.3 PPG and 2.5 APG while Thomas Bell has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 6.9 RPG and 2.8 APG to lead the Mean Green on the glass and in assists this season. Mardrez McBride has 10.3 PPG with 3.1 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for North Texas so far this year and Abou Ousmane has 9.2 PPG with 5.1 RPG this season. As a team, North Texas is averaging 66.6 PPG on 44% shooting from the field, 36.7% from three and 68.1% from the foul line while allowing 56.2 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 27.9% from three this season.

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs will attempt to build on their 80-63 triumph over Rice in their last game. Kenneth Lofton Jr. leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 17.1 PPG and 10.7 RPG, averaging a double-double per game while Amorie Archibald has 14.1 PPG and 4 RPG this season. Keaston Willis has 11.1 PPG with 3.8 RPG and Cobe Williams has 10.1 PPG and a team-high 3.6 APG as well on the year for the Bulldogs, leading the team in assists and also capping off the group of double-digit scorers for LA Tech so far this season.. As a team, LA Tech is averaging 78.8 PPG on 46.6% shooting from the field, 33.8% from three and 71.9% from the foul line while allowing 67.8 PPG on 40% shooting from the field and 32.9% from three this season.

North Texas is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as an underdog and 9-1-2 ATS in their last 12 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600 while the under is 8-1 in their last 9 games against a team with a winning record. Louisiana Tech is 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games as a home favorite and 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 home games while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record.

I get why the points would be worth a look with North Texas here. However, the Mean Green, as good as they are defensively, can struggle to score and that’s not good against a LA Tech team that can do it on both ends of the floor and have a one man wrecking crew inside by the na,e of Kenneth Lofton Jr. I think this is just a spot where Louisiana Tech outscores North Texas and nothing more, so I’ll lay it and play it with the Bulldogs in this one.