North Texas Mean Green vs Rice Owls: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/31/2021

The North Texas Mean Green (8-5) will attempt to build on a three-game winning streak when they host the Rice Owls (10-7) on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at UNT Coliseum as heavy, 11-point favorites. The matchup airs at 4:00 PM ET on ESPN+. The matchup has an over/under of 139 points.

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ATS Records for North Texas and Rice

North Texas Leaders

• Javion Hamlet leads the Mean Green in points and assists. He scores 14.1 points per game while adding 5.1 assists.
• The team is led in rebounds by Zachary Simmons' 6.2 per game.
• James Reese knocks down 2.0 threes per game to lead the Mean Green.
• The Mean Green steals leader is Reese, who averages 1.3 per game. Thomas Bell leads the team averaging 1.2 blocks a contest.

Rice Leaders

• Max Fiedler holds the top spot on the Owls rebounds and assists leaderboard, with 9.4 rebounds per game and 4.1 assists per game.
• Travis Evee's 15.9-point per game average puts him at the top of the Owls scoring leaderboard.
• The 3.4 three-pointers Evee knocks down per game are a team-high mark for the Owls.
• Evee leads the Mean Green with 1.3 steals per game and Fiedler is their top shot blocker with 0.8 blocks per game.

North Texas vs Rice: Last 5 Meetings

North Texas has a 4-1 record in the last five matchups against Rice. Neither team holds an advantage against the spread in those head-to-head matchups. The Mean Green and the Owls have a 1-1 ATS record.

Points Insights

• The Mean Green put up 74.6 points per contest, only 1.8 more points than the 72.8 the Owls give up to opponents.
• When North Texas puts up more than 72.8 points, it is 7-0 overall and 6-0 against the spread.
• Rice is 2-5 overall and 2-5 against the spread in games when it allows more than 74.6 points.
• The Owls put up 14.4 more points per game (78) than the Mean Green give up to opponents (63.6).
• Rice is 8-0 against the spread and 10-5 overall when it scores more than 63.6 points.
• North Texas' record is 1-0 overall and 0-0 against the spread when it allows more than 78 points to its opponents.
• The Mean Green have out-scored their opponents by a total of 143 points this season (11.0 points per game on average), and the Owls have put up 89 more points than their opponents on the year (5.2 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Mean Green average 30.7 rebounds per game, -5.7 boards per contest fewer than the Owls.
• When Rice earns the rebounding advantage they are 5-3 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, North Texas is 1-3.
• The Mean Green average 7 offensive boards per game, -2.5 rebounds fewer than the Owls.
• The Owls are 6-1 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Mean Green are 4-3 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Both teams tend to win the board battle. North Texas records an average rebounding margin of +2.5 rebounds per game. Rice averages a margin of +2.8 rebounds.