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(11-2) NJIT Highlanders vs. Houston Cougars (12-0)
Date: Saturday, December 29, 2018
Time: 4:00 PM ET
Venue: Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX.
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NJIT Highlanders
The Highlanders improved last season after a rough first year under new Head Coach Brian Kennedy. They are looking even better in Kennedy’s third go-around. NJIT is 11–2 in the non-conference, the two losses coming against Cornell and at UMass-Lowell.
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NJIT has attempted the ninth-most free throws in the country, which can be a bit misleading because it’s a counting stat and not every team has played an identical number of games. Still, getting to the line has been a strength of the offense. The top-four scorers on the roster combine to shoot just about exactly twenty charities per game.
Sophomore guard Zach Cooks averages 19.2 points per on 48.9/41/71.6 shooting splits. He’s also strong with the ball and turns it over less than twice per game, despite heavy usage. It’s tough to take it away from a 5’9″ guard.
Houston Cougars
With the exception of his third season, Kelvin Sampson has improved his winning percentage at Houston in each of his five years, so far.
It’s 100 percent this season after Houston thrashed a winless Coppin State team earlier this week by thirty-one points. It was the Cougars’ biggest win since the opener on Nov. 10.
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It sure looks like the Coogs will head into AAC play undefeated with one of the stingiest defenses in the country, which is holding opponents to thirty-six percent from the field.
They do it by getting opponents to take a bunch of threes (296 so far) and miss a lot (221). That 25.3 conversion percentage is the fifth-lowest in the country.
NCAAB Betting Trends:
- Over is 7-1 in NJIT last 8 Sat. games.
- NJIT are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 road games.
- NJIT are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall.
- Under is 8-2 in HOU last 10 overall.
- Under is 8-2 in HOU last 10 non-conference games.
- Under is 6-2 in HOU last 8 home games.
Free NJIT Highlanders vs. Houston Cougars NCAAB Prediction: the Cougars make it 13–0.
It’s going to take someone in the conference to take down these Coogs. I do think this one stays around 12-15, though.
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NCAAB Free Score Prediction: NJIT 64 – Houston 76
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