7:00 p.m. ET: Central Florida Knights (6-2) at Temple Owls (6-4)

Spread: Central Florida -5
Total: 136

Temple has won 4 straight over Central Florida at Liacouras Center. The last victory for the Knights at Temple was a 71-69 win on Feb. 22, 2017. The Knights are averaging 74 points per game on 46.6% shooting from the field while allowing opponents to score 65 points per game. The Owls are averaging 67 points per game on 41% shooting from the field while allowing opponents to score 67 points per game. Central Florida’s Darius Perry, Brandon Mahan, and Cheikh Mbacke Diong have combined to score 35% of the team’s points this season. Jeremiah Williams has made or assisted on 41% of all Temple field goals over the last three games. Temple will be without their best overall player and top scorer. Temple’s recent big win over Vanderbilt had this team’s confidence soaring to the point they got dominated by a weak St. Joes team. You will see this team come back down to reality but UCF has plenty of offense while Temple can struggle to score. This should be a tight game most of the way through but take UCF to get the cover on the road in this one with its 78% free throw shooting compared to Temple’s 68% free throw rate. 

Trends

• The Home team is 4-1-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.
• The Favorite is 3-1-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.

The Bookie:          C. Florida -5 / Over 136
Fade the Public:   C. Florida / Under
Sharp Action:       C. Florida / Over