Texas at TCU 1/29/20 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 01/28/2020 at 7:49 PM ET

The Texas Longhorns visit Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Wednesday to play the TCU Horned Frogs in a Big 12 matchup. Texas fell to 12-7 overall following its 69-67 loss to LSU on Saturday as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Longhorns fell behind by 10 points at the half but rallied behind the play of Jericho Sims to within two points with four minutes to play, but came up short in the end.

Matt Coleman III is the leading scorer and leader in assists for Texas with averages of 12.4 points and 4.1 assists per game. Jericho Sims is the leading rebounder for the Longhorns with an average of 7.7 per game. Texas has four players averaging double figures in scoring.

TCU fell to 13-6 following its 78-67 loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Saturday. TCU was careless with the ball turning it over 13 times in just the first half that led to nine Arkansas points. Desmond Bane the leading scorer for TCU scored just eight points or over nine points below his per game average of 17.2 points per game.

Desmond Bane is the leading scorer and leader in assists for TCU with averages of 16.7 points and 3.5 assists per game. Kevin Samuel is the third leading scorer and leading rebounder with averages of 11.2 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, while RJ Nembhard is the second leading scorer with an average of 12.2 points per game.

Both Texas and TCU need to find a winning rhythm in conference play as both are teetering on falling out of tournament contention. The Horned Frogs have gone 1-3 SU and ATS in their last four overall and have failed to cover the spread in five of their last 9. The Longhorns have lost each of their last three straight up and failed to cover five of their last seven overall. Final score prediction, TCU Horned Frogs win and cover ATS 67-60.

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