Temple at SMU 1/18/20 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Temple looked really good earlier this year. However, once the American started Temple looked human and started to make mistakes. The Owls have a 2-3 record in the American on the year. The Temple Owls have a 10-6 record overall. The last game for the Owls was a 65-53 win over Wichita in what ended up being a major upset win.

Quinton Rose has ended up getting 14.7 points a game for the Owls. Nate Pierre-Louis has ended up getting 9 boards per game for the Owls. Temple as a team has ended up getting 68.6 points a game, but have allowed only 63.1 points per game.

SMU is heading to the game here with a  12-4 record overall, but when it comes to playing in the American conference the Mustangs have a 2-2 record so far and have had some issues in locking down the wins and that was evident in the last game. In the last game the Mustangs dropped the game 71-62 to the Houston Cougars.

Kendric Davis has put in a total of 16.5 points a game on the year. When it comes to cleaning up the missed shots the Mustangs have relied on Feron Hunt who has ended up with 7.6 boards per game. The SMU squad has ended up getting a total of 76.8 points a game, but the defense for the SMU team has allowed a total of 68.3 points a game.