Texas Tech Red Raiders vs Iowa State Cyclones: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/9/2021

A game after he scored 21 points in a 78-72 loss to Texas, Javan Johnson leads the Iowa State Cyclones (2-6) at home against the No. 18 Texas Tech Red Raiders (9-3) as 8.5-point underdogs. The matchup, which tips off at 4:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 9, 2021, airs on ESPN2. The matchup's over/under is set at 133.5.

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ATS Records for Texas Tech and Iowa State

Texas Tech Leaders

• The Red Raiders scoring leader is Mac McClung, who contributes 15.1 points per game.
• Kyler Edwards leads Texas Tech with 2.9 assists per game and Marcus Santos-Silva paces the team with 6.2 rebounds per contest.
• Edwards averages 1.8 made threes per game to lead the Red Raiders.
• Texas Tech's blocks leader is Santos-Silva, who collects 1.3 per game. Nimari Burnett leads the team averaging 1.4 steals a game.

Iowa State Leaders

• Rasir Bolton's excellent performances this season give him the top spot on the Cyclones scoring and assists leaderboards with 14.8 points per game and 5.3 assists per game.
• When it comes to rebounds, Solomon Young is the Iowa State leader with 5.5 rebounds per game.
• The Cyclones are led by Jalen Coleman-Lands from long distance -- he knocks down 2.5 shots from downtown per game.
• Bolton leads the Red Raiders with 1.4 steals per game and Young is their top shot blocker with 1.1 blocks per game.

Texas Tech vs Iowa State: Last 4 Meetings

Texas Tech has a 3-1 record in the last four games with Iowa State. The Red Raiders have a 1-0 record against the spread in those contests with the Cyclones.

Points Insights

• The 74.2 points per game the Red Raiders record are only 1.4 more points than the Cyclones give up (72.8).
• Texas Tech has a 7-0 record against the spread and a 7-1 record overall when putting up more than 72.8 points.
• Iowa State has a 0-3 record against the spread and a 0-3 record overall when allowing more than 74.2 points.
• The Cyclones average 11.5 more points per game (69) than the Red Raiders give up to opponents (57.5).
• Iowa State has gone 2-6 overall and 2-0 against the spread in games it scores more than 57.5 points.
• Texas Tech's record is 1-1 against the spread and 1-1 overall when it gives up more than 69 points.
• The Red Raiders have out-scored their opponents by a total of 201 points this season (16.7 points per game on average), and opponents of the Cyclones have out-scored them by 30 more points on the year (3.8 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Red Raiders and the Cyclones rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 36 and 31.6 boards per game, respectively.
• When Texas Tech earns the rebounding advantage they are 6-1 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Iowa State is 1-6.
• The Red Raiders average 12.5 offensive boards per game, outgaining the Cyclones by 4.9 rebounds per contest.
• The Red Raiders are 5-2 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Cyclones are 2-5 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Texas Tech finds nightly success on the boards with an average rebounding margin of +four rebounds per game. Iowa State struggles in comparison averaging a margin of -5.