Temple Owls vs Xavier Musketeers | Free Pick (January 22 )
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Temple 13-4 (11-6 ATS) vs Xavier 12-5 (5-10-1 ATS)
Saturday January 22 – 3:00PM
Recent history: Temple beat Xavier 77-72 in Philadelphia last January.
Temple vs. Xavier Odds Both are -110 on the Moneyline at open
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The Temple Owls are enjoying another very solid season playing their trademark punishing defense and scoring just enough to win. Even though they already have 4 losses there is only one that stands out for me, a neutral site loss to California almost two months ago. Losses to Texas A&M and Villanova are just fine with me and even losing at Duquesne last week is alright the way those guys are playing – the Dukes are a definite sleeper right now.
Even though the have been pretty good the Owls might just be underachieving this year. The backcourt duo of Juan Hernandez and Ramone Moore is very solid but they are not getting the kind of production they expect from power forward Lavoy Allen. His scoring and rebounding numbers are down this season and they need him to be more aggressive, especially against a Xavier team with some good frontcourt players. 
Xavier has also been very solid this season with the only surprising loss at Miami of Ohio. They are perfect so far in the Atlantic 10 and point guard Tu Holloway has really expanded his game with the departure of Jordan Crawford and Drew Lavender. He is averaging a hair over 20ppg and 5 assists.
So far the Musketeers have a miserable 5-10-1 ATS record but that has improved in the A-10 where they are playing more familiar squads (3-1 ATS). They are looking to avenge a loss at Temple last year and they are very tough at home.
In the A-10 there isn’t huge separation at the top of the conference and this should be one of the games that decides things at the top. A potential slugfest with all the big bodies involved.
Betting Trends:
Owls are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a ATS loss.
Owls are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games.
Owls are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
Musketeers are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 vs. Atlantic 10.
Musketeers are 3-8-1 ATS in their last 12 games overall.
Musketeers are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following a S.U. win.
Owls are 6-0-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
Owls are 4-0-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Xavier.
Underdog is 7-1-1 ATS in the last 9 meetings.
Free Owls vs Musketeers Pick
The Owls are always tough with their commitment to defense but Xavier is very difficult to beat on their own floor. They compete so hard and definitely can beat the more highly regarded Owls. This one should be close the whole way.
Score prediction: Xavier 61 – Temple 59
