We have a big College Basketball affair on Tuesday in the Big-12 Conference. The Houston Cougars are set to take on the Brigham Young Cougars. The Houston Cougars are 16-2 on the season, with both losses coming in Big 12 play. Houston though has bounced back from those losses, and have won their last two games. The Cougars are coming off a 15 point home win over Central Florida.
For Brigham Young, they are 14-4 on the season. The Cougars are coming off a road loss at TExas Tech on Saturday. In their last ten games, Brigham Young is 6-4.
Houston is a road favorite here. You can find Houston at -2.5 over Brigham Young. The total is listed at 135.5.
Houston Looking to Stay In Big 12 Race
The Houston Cougars are right in the middle of the pack in the Big 12. The Cougars are 3-2 in conference play, which is tied with four other teams for second place. The Cougars, after losses at Iowa State and TCU, bounced back with big wins over Texas Tech and Central Florida.
Houston is the best defensive team in all of College Basketball. The Cougars are allowing just 51 points per game. Offensively, the Cougars are scoring 73.9 points per game. Houston is a solid rebounding team with 40.3 per game. L.J. Cryer and Jamal Shead are leading the team offensively. Cryer is scoring 15.2 points per game, and Shead is adding 11.1 and 6.1 assists per game.
Houston has this game on the road, and then a big one back home on Saturday. The Cougars will host Kansas State. Houston wraps up January with a trip to Texas on Monday.
Brigham Young Looking to Spring Big Upset
For Brigham Young, their conference life is a little more at stake here. The Cougars are 2-3, which is two games back of the leaders Texas Tech and Kansas State. After wins over Central Florida and Iowa State, they could not slow down Texas Tech last week, allowing 85 points in the loss.
Brigham Young is one of the top offensive teams in the nation. The Cougars are scoring more than 85 points per game. Jaxson Robinson is the top scorer with 13.9 points per game. In the win over Iowa State, Spencer Johnson was the leader with a career high 28 points. Brigham Young is also one of the top rebounding teams in the country with 42.4 per game.
Up next for Brigham Young is a home game against Texas on Saturday. That will wrap up January. The Brigham Young Cougars start February with a trip to West Virginia and Oklahoma before back to back home games against Kansas State and Central Florida.
Home Upset in Provo
Battle of two styles of play. The Houston Cougars will want to play a low scoring, grind it out game. The Brigham Young Cougars are going to want to push the basketball up the court and make it a track meet. While they meet in the middle, the home team gets the job done. We like Brigham Young to win this game 70-67 over Houston. Take the home Cougars +2.5 and the OVER on Tuesday!
