Temple vs Tulane 2/27/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Tulane Green Wave (12-12) vs. Temple Owls (15-10)
February 27, 2022 3:00 pm EDT
The Line: Temple Owls -2.5 / Tulane Green Wave +2.5; Over/Under: +137
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The Tulane Green Wave and the Temple Owls meet in college basketball action from the Liacouras Center on Sunday.
The Tulane Green Wave will look to bounce back from an 81-67 loss to Houston last time out. Jalen Cook leads Tulane in scoring and assists with 18.1 PPG along with 3.7 APG while Jaylen Forbes has 16.5 PPG with 5.1 RPG and Kevin Cross has 14.2 PPG with a team-high 6.5 RPG and 3.4 APG to lead the Green Wave in rebounding and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Tulane so far this season. As a team, Tulane is averaging 73.6 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 37.6% from three and 74.6% from the foul line while allowing 71.6 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field and 33.8% from three this season.
The Temple Owls will try to rebound from a 78-64 loss to Memphis in their last game. Damian Dunn is the only active double-digit scorer for Temple with 15 PPG and a team-high 4.3 RPG as top scorer Khalif Battle is out for the season with a knee injury. Jahlil White has a team-high 5.6 RPG and Jeremiah Williams has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 4.3 APG to lead the Owls in assists. As a team, Temple is averaging 67.2 PPG on 40.1% shooting from the field, 30.1% from three and 67.6 % from the foul line while allowing 66.3 PPG on 39.8% shooting from the field and 29.5% from three this season.
Tulane is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games and 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games following a loss while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall. Temple is 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games while the under is 24-9-1 in their last 34 games as a favorite.
I get the case to be made both ways here, but as much as I’ve enjoyed backing Tulane, they’re not the same team on the road that they are at home. Temple stumbled against Memphis, but the Owls are still playing solid basketball and they’ve done their best work at home, taking down teams like SMU and Cincinnati. I think this a spot where you ride the wave with Temple and lay the bucket at home here.
