Rice vs Houston Christian Picks and Prediction – 11/23/2024

The Rice Owls Sharp Gymnasium in Houston on Friday to play the Houston Christian Huskies. Rice improved to 4-1 following its 83-61 victory over the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. The leading scorer for Rice was Denver Anglin with 20 points. Rice shot 55.1% overall and 38.9% from 3-point territory. Rice committed 11 turnovers to only five for Louisiana but outrebounded the Ragin’s Cajuns 45-29. Keep updated with College Basketball with our college basketball previews.

Trae Broadax is leading Rice in scoring and assists with averages of 12.8 points and 4.4 assists per game while Caden Powell is the leading rebounder with an average of 7.2 per game. Alem Huseinovic is the second-leading scorer with an average of 10.8 points per game. Rice is scoring an average of 73.6 points per game while shooting 42.9% overall and 32.5% from 3-point territory.

The Houston Christian Huskies improved to 2-2 following an 84-64 victory over Rockford. The leading scorer for Houston Christian was Elijah Brooks with 21 points. The Huskies shot 51.9% overall and 50.0% from 3-point territory. Houston Christian forced Rockford into 16 turnovers while committing 14. The Huskies outrebounded the Regents 32-24.

Bryson Dawkins is leading Houston in scoring with an average of 12.8 points per game while Julian Mackey is the second-leading scorer and the leader in assists with averages of 10.5 points and 2.5 assists per game. Trent Johnson is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.0 per game. Houston Christian is scoring an average of 68.0 points per game.

The Rice Owls will pick up a victory on the road on Friday when visiting the Houston Christian Huskies but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in three of Rice’s last five and three of Houston Christian’s last four. Rice is holding opponents to an average of just 65.8 points per game and 38.1% shooting while Houston Christian is scoring an average of only 68.0 points per game and shooting 38.6%. Final Score Prediction, Rice Owls win but our best play is UNDER 71-61.