Rice vs Houston Christian Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/22/24

The Rice Owls and the Houston Christian Huskies meet Friday in college basketball action from Sharp Gymnasium. Here’s a Rice vs Houston Christian prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Rice vs Houston Christian pick. We will examine:

The Rice Owls’ recent form and player performance

The Houston Christian Huskies’ recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Rice Owls

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Houston Christian Huskies

Recent betting trends in games played between Rice and Houston Christian

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Rice vs Houston Christian game

Rice Owls Betting Preview

This year the Owls opened up with a solid 77-70 victory over FIU, but then fell 73-65 versus Florida State in the next outing. Rice took wins in the next pair, however, dispatching LA-Monroe and Northwestern State in that time.

The Owls were up by a slim 41-40 margin on Louisiana during their last outing on Tuesday. Rice surged from there with a 42-21 run, however, finishing with an 83-61 blowout win. Denver Anglin topped the team with 20 points and four boards.

Houston Christian Huskies Betting Preview

Over on the Houston Christian side, they kicked off the year with a win as well, dispatching Avila 86-59. The Huskies fell against tough competition in the next pair, however, losing 90-59 versus Texas and 78-43 against Creighton.

Houston Christian got back into the win column versus Rockford over the weekend. The Huskies were up eight points at the half and closed on a 40-28 run for an 84-64 win. Elijah Brooks topped the team with 21 points and six boards.

Why the Houston Christian Huskies will win

• The home team has won 23 of Houston Christian’s last 30 games.

Why the Rice Owls will win

• Houston Christian has lost each of its last 36 night games against non-conference opponents.
• Rice has won each of its last 10 night games against the Southland Conference.
• The road team has won the first half in five of the last six games between Rice and Houston Christian.

Rice vs Houston Christian Prediction

I’ll probably just stick with Rice. The Owls started pretty slowly versus a struggling Louisiana team in their last matchup but to their credit finished strong. Rice shot a nice 55.1 percent from the field in that one with 45 rebounds but did go just 22-of-34 (64.7 percent) from the line with 11 turnovers.

As for Houston Christian, they’ve scored well in their wins (84 or more in both) but not so well in their losses (fewer than 60 in both). This one should be a finish somewhere between the two, but I don’t think the Huskies will get close enough to keep pace.