Texas Arlington at Rice

Rebuilding Rice is home, but has a losing record already, just like last year when they won 12 games. From that team Rice lost guard Dan Peera and their leading scorer Seth Gearhart. At home the Owls are getting outscored, allowing 81 points per game. Rice is also 0-4 ATS at home against a team with a winning road record. They face a talented Texas-Arlington offense that likes to run, off to a great start. The UT-Arlington Mavericks are led by sophomore guard Erick Neal (12 points per game) and 6-7 forward Kevin Hervey (15.8 points per game, 8 rebounds per game), with 6-8 Jorge Bilbao (5.8 rebounds per game) off a deep bench. The UTA-Mavericks are 6-1 ATS in their last seven non-conference games. That includes wins at Ohio State (73-68) as a +18 dog and at Memphis (68-64) as +12 dog. They outrebounded the Buckeyes 46-37 and held Memphis to 29.6% shooting. Play Texas-Arlington.