George Washington has outscored three Division I opponents by 28.3 points a game, beating Navy 91-39, Hampton 75-61, and Elon 69-50. Those three shot 24%, 36% and 26% from the field against the Revolutionaries. Harvard is 2-1, and its two wins came against Division III MIT and Chicago, 73-45 and 63-47. Its lone Division I game was a 74-70 overtime loss at Northeastern, where it shot 41% overall and made 25% of its threes. Against Division I teams, George Washington has not won by fewer than 14 points, and Harvard has not won at all, so this game goes to George Washington.
Houston has played its last five games without Steven Adams or Clint Capela, both out again tonight, and went 3-2: 109-93 over Boston, a 117-107 loss to Minnesota, a 102-99 loss at Phoenix, then 110-100 over Denver and 115-108 over Golden State. The Rockets outscore opponents by 8.9 points a game through 12 games, fourth in the NBA. Utah is 1-11, scores 106.6 a game, second-fewest, and allows 118.1, seventh-worst. Utah has lost all eight games Jaren Jackson Jr. (right MCL tear) has missed, scoring 103.5 a game, and Lauri Markkanen (right hand fracture) has missed Utah’s last three. Both are out tonight, and Utah faces a Rockets defense that allows 106.5 a game, the fourth-fewest in the NBA, so Houston wins this game.
Alabama is 3-0 and has outscored Sam Houston, Arkansas State and Oakland by 26 points a game, scoring 96, 101 and 109. Seton Hall is also 3-0, and it has outscored Saint Peter’s, Long Island and Charlotte by 12.3 a game with a best night of 68 points and shooting of 46%, 41% and 39%. Seton Hall would need 28 more points than that best night to match Alabama’s lowest total, and Alabama takes it.
Take George Washington (-733 moneyline), Houston (-1076 moneyline), and Alabama (-1567 moneyline) in a three-team parlay at -311.