The Texas A&M Aggies and the Texas Longhorns meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Moody Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Texas A&M vs Texas Prediction.
Texas A&M Recap
The Texas A&M Aggies come into this game looking to build on a 63-62 win over Ole Miss last time out to improve to 15-4 on the year. After this game, Texas A&M will head home to take on Oklahoma.
Aggies Win Back-To-Back Games
Zhuric Phelps leads the Aggies in scoring with 15.5 PPG along with 5.1 RPG and 2.8 APG as well as 2.1 SPG while Wade Taylor’s added 14.7 PPG with 3.3 RPG and a team-high 4.8 APG to lead the Aggies in assists as the only other double-digit scorer for Texas A&M so far this season. Henry Coleman II also has 7.9 PPG with 4.8 RPG while Pharrel Payne has 9.1 PPG with 4.6 RPG. Solomon Washington also has a team-high 6.1 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Texas A&M is averaging 75.7 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field, 30.3% from three and 67.9% from the foul line this season.
Why the Texas A&M Aggies will win
- Texas A&M has won each of its last seven games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
- Texas has lost 10 of its last 11 games against AP-ranked opponents.
Texas Recap
The Texas Longhorns come into this game looking to build on a 61-53 win over Missouri last time out to improve to 13-6 on the year. After this game, Texas will head on the road to take on Ole Miss.
Longhorns Looking For Consistency
Tre Johnson leads the Longhorns in scoring with 18.2 PPG along with 2.8 RPG and 2 APG while Arthur Kaluma has 13.8 PPG with a team-high 8.2 RPG to lead the Longhorns in rebounding and Jordan Pope has 12.4 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Texas so far this season. Tramon Mark has 9.1 PPG with 3.5 RPG and Kadin Shedrick has 7.9 PPG with 5.9 RPG as well this year. Julian Larry is also contributing 5.5 PPG with a team-high 3.8 APG to lead the Longhorns in the assist department up to this point in the year. As a team, Texas is averaging 79.4 PPG on 48.3% shooting from the field, 37.3% from three and 74.8% from the foul line this season.
Why the Texas Longhorns will win
- Texas has won 10 of its last 11 games when playing with a rest advantage.
Total Points Facts
- Eight of Texas’ last nine day games against AP-ranked opponents have produced a total of 143+ points.
- Seven of Texas A&M’s last eight day games against the Southeastern Conference have produced a total of 142+ points.
Texas A&M vs Texas Prediction
I’m on Texas A&M in this one. I can understand the allure of taking points with Texas in the home underdog role, but the thing is that I don’t think a letdown is in store here for the Aggies as I think Texas A&M is just the far more talented lineup in this spot. I’m not really all that high on the Longhorns this season, as this is an inexperienced team for the most part that has had a hard time stringing positive results together against top-tier teams. The Aggies are coming off of that big win over Ole Miss and I think they keep the momentum going with a win and cover on the road here.