Rice at Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky has a solid history for having a pretty good basketball program. They have risen once again to be a highly competitive team at 16-6 on the season. What they haven't been able to do is find a way to get the "A" game to the floor when playing in a game they should easily win, as they have had a propensity to keep teams hanging around, as they are 1-3 ATS as a chalk of -9.5 or more. That should leave the door open for a 6-15 Rice team that has come to play against these "sleepy" teams, and have been good enough to post a 4-0 ATS mark on the season when taking 10+ in a contest. Hilltoppers marks against teams below .400 not good at 3-7 ATS in their last 10 while Rice is 5-1 ATS vs a team better than .600 in their last 6. Take Rice in this one.