Texas Longhorns vs West Virginia Mountaineers: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/20/2021

The No. 13 West Virginia Mountaineers (14-6) visit the No. 12 Texas Longhorns (13-5) as 3.5-point underdogs after Derek Culver went off for 29 points in the Mountaineers 91-90 loss to Oklahoma. The matchup airs on ABC at 3:00 PM ET on Saturday, February 20, 2021. The over/under is 147 in the matchup.

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ATS Records for Texas and West Virginia

Texas Leaders

• Andrew Jones leads the Longhorns in scoring, averaging 15.9 points per game.
• Texas is led in rebounding by Greg Brown III's 7.5 rebounds per game and assisting by Matt Coleman III's 4.1 assists per game .
• The 2.2 three-pointers Jones makes per game are a team-high mark for the Longhorns.
• Texas' steals leader is Coleman, who grabs 1.2 per game. Brown leads the team averaging 1.1 blocks an outing.

West Virginia Leaders

• The Mountaineers go-to guy, Miles McBride, leads the team in both scoring (16.2 points per game) and assists (4.8 assists per game).
• Culver collects all of the boards and is the West Virginia leader in rebounds, grabbing 10.4 per game.
• Sean McNeil is the top three-point shooter for the Mountaineers, hitting 2.3 threes per game.
• McBride is the steals leader for the West Virginia with 1.7 steals per game and Culver leads the squad in blocks with 0.9 per game.

Texas vs West Virginia: Last 5 Meetings

Texas has a 4-1 record in the last five matchups against West Virginia. The Longhorns have beat the spread more often than not against the Mountaineers, holding a 2-1 record ATS in those head-to-head meetings.

Points Insights

• The Longhorns record just 3.4 more points per game (75.3) than the Mountaineers allow (71.9).
• Texas has a 10-2 record overall and a 6-0-1 record against the spread when scoring more than 71.9 points.
• When West Virginia gives up more than 75.3 points, it is 3-4 against the spread and 3-4 overall.
• The Mountaineers put up an average of 77.5 points per game, 9.9 more points than the 67.6 the Longhorns allow.
• West Virginia has put together a 10-0-1 ATS record and a 13-5 overall record in games it scores more than 67.6 points.
• Texas is 0-2-1 against the spread and 0-3 overall when it allows more than 77.5 points.
• The Longhorns have totaled 139 more points than their opponents this season (7.7 per game on average), and the Mountaineers have scored 112 more points than their opponents (5.6 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Longhorns and the Mountaineers are similar rebounding teams, with the squads averaging and 38.7 and 37.5 rebounds per game, respectively.
• Texas is 6-6-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. West Virginia is 3-3-1 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Longhorns average 11.1 offensive boards per game, -1.8 rebounds fewer than the Mountaineers.
• When the Mountaineers grab the most offensive rebounds they are 6-6-1 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, the Longhorns are 5-2.
• Both teams thrive on the boards. Texas records an average rebounding margin of +4.5 rebounds per game. West Virginia averages a margin of +2.7 rebounds.