Memphis vs Temple Prediction 2/9/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Temple Owls and the Memphis Tigers meet Sunday in college basketball action from the Tudor Fieldhouse. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Memphis vs Temple Prediction.

Temple Recap

The Temple Owls come into this game looking to bounce back from a 100-91 loss at the hands of USF last time out to sit at 14-9 on the year. After this game, Temple will head home for a game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

Owls Looking To Rebound

Jamal Mashburn Jr. leads the Owls in scoring with 22.1 PPG and 3 RPG with 2 APG while Steve Settle III has 11.7 PPG with a team-high 6.3 RPG to lead Temple in rebounding so far this season. Zion Stanford added 12.2 PPG with 4 RPG and Quante Berry also chipped in 10.5 PPG with 4.7 RPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Temple so far this season. Elijah Gray added 8.7 PPG with 3.9 RPG. Shane Dezonie also has 7.8 PPG with 5.3 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Temple is averaging 80.7 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 36.3% from three, and 73.3% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Temple Owls will win

• Temple has won five of its last six day games.

Memphis Recap

The Memphis Tigers come into this game looking to build on an 83-71 win over Tulsa last time out to improve to 19-4 on the year. After this game, Memphis will head on the road for a game against USF.

Tigers Win 6^th In A Row

PJ Haggerty leads Memphis in scoring with 21.7 PPG along with 5.6 RPG and 3.6 APG while Tyrese Hunter has 14.5 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 3.3 APG of his own. Colby Rogers has 10.9 PPG and Dain Dainja has 12.2 PPG with a team-high 6.5 RPG to lead the Tigers in rebounding and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Memphis so far this season. As a team, Memphis is averaging 79 PPG on 48% shooting from the field, 40.3% from three-point range, and 71.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the Memphis Tigers will win

• Memphis has won each of its last 10 games against the American Athletic Conference at FedExForum.
• Temple has lost each of its last five games at FedExForum.

Total Points Facts

• Fifteen of Temple’s last 16 games against AP-ranked opponents have produced a total of 148 or fewer points.
• Six of the last seven games between Temple and Memphis at FedExForum have produced a total of 154 or fewer points.

Memphis vs Temple Prediction

I’m on Temple in this one. I get why Memphis would be favored as the leaders of the AAC right now, and they’re at home playing with revenge. The problem is that Temple more often than not has found a way to play down to teams in games you probably expect them to win comfortably but they tend to overdeliver in spots where you wouldn’t expect Memphis to show up. Temple has already shown that they can beat Memphis, and while I do think Memphis gets their revenge, I think that Temple keeps it respectable enough to get the cover here. Give me Temple and the points in this one.