Temple vs Saint Joseph’s 12/6/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Saint Joseph's Hawks (3-4) vs. Temple Owls (5-4)
December 6, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Temple Owls -11.5 / Saint Joseph's Hawks +11.5; Over/Under: +141.5
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The Saint Joseph’s Hawks and the Temple Owls meet in college basketball action from the Liacouras Center on Tuesday night.
The Saint Joseph’s Hawks will look to rebound from a 97-80 loss to Fairleigh Dickinson last time out. Erik Reynolds II leads the Hawks in scoring with 20 PPG while Cameron Brown has 10.3 PPG with 5.8 RPG this season. Lynn Greer III has 10.9 PPG with a team-high 3.6 APG to lead the Hawks in assists and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Saint Joseph’s up to this point in the season. Kacper Klaczek also has a team-high 7.1 RPG to lead the Hawks on the glass this season. As a team, Saint Joseph’s is averaging 71 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field, 33.7% from three and 67.8% from the foul line this season.
The Temple Owls will hope to build on their 83-73 win over VCU last time out. Khalif Battle leads Temple in scoring with 20 PPG along with 3.6 RPG while Damian Dunn has 16.8 PPG with 3.6 RPG as well this season. Jamille Reynolds has 11.2 PPG with a team-high 6.3 RPG to lead the Owls on the glass, also capping off the scoring in double figures for the Owls up to this point in the year. Hysier Miller also has a team-high 4.8 APG to lead the Owls in assist department this season. As a team, Temple is averaging 71.6 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 35.9% from three and 78.6% from the foul line this season.
Saint Joseph’s is 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 road games. Temple is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record and 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 home games against a team with a road winning percentage above .600 while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 home games.
I get the case to be made either way here as these in-state rivalry games can be a bit tricky from time-to-time. However, Temple’s simply the better team here on both sides of the floor and I just don’t see the Saint Joseph’s defense doing enough to stop Temple from scoring here. Give me Temple in this one.
