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St. Mary's vs Houston Cougars Predictions December 3, 2022

Game time: December 3, 2022 at 9:30 PM ET

Venue: Dickies Arena — Fort Worth, TX

Article updated Dec 3, 4:00 PM EST

By SportsJaw Editorial Team

St. Mary's is on the road playing Houston at the Dickies Arena stadium on Saturday, 12/3/2022 @ 9:30pm EST. Houston -10 was the opening favorite and current line is Houston

Game outlook

St. Mary's is on the road playing Houston at the Dickies Arena stadium on Saturday, 12/3/2022 @ 9:30pm EST. Houston -10 was the opening favorite and current line is Houston -9.75.

St. Mary's Highlights

With a power ranking of 6, St. Mary's is ranked #211 in offense (scoring an average of 71.50 per game), #21 in defense (allowing an average of 57.50 points to be scored against them per game) and are 6-2 (4-4 ATS) this season.

Houston Highlights

Houston Cougars has a power ranking of 14 and are #83 for offense (scoring an average of 77.86 per game), #1 for defense (giving up an average of 57.50 points per game) and 7-0 (6-1 ATS) overall. St. Mary's went 0-0 (0-0 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Houston.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict the score to be SMC 69.25, HOUST 49.75. 51% of SportsJaw users predict St. Mary's to cover. OddsShark 's prediction is Houston will win, saint mary&#039;s-california will cover, and the total will go over.

66% picked Houston Cougars on Covers.com

SportsJaw's ScoreCaster prediction: Gaels 67 to Cougars 70.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Gaels 67 to Cougars 70.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NCAAB Predictions

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SportsJaw St. Mary's vs Cougars archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. how our predictions work.

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Crowd vs qualified handicappers

No qualifying consensus sample is available yet.

Qualified handicappers need at least 20 graded picks and a 52.5% win rate. A market needs at least three current qualified picks. Selection share is not a win probability.

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · St. Mary's+370 → +420Moved
  • Moneyline · Houston Cougars-460 → -535Moved
  • Spread · St. Mary's+10 (-110) → +10 (-110)Unchanged
  • Spread · Houston Cougars-10 (-110) → -10 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Over117.5 (-110) → 118.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under117.5 (-110) → 118.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

St. Mary's
ATS unavailable · O/U unavailable
Last 0 completed games on file
Houston Cougars
30-7 matchup record · 8-2-0 ATS · 2-8-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-03T21:00:44.231Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-02-17UCF 52 · Houston Cougars 70
  • 2022-01-29Houston Cougars 63 · UCF 49
  • 2021-12-22Texas State 47 · Houston Cougars 80
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Houston Cougars defeated St. Mary's 53-48

Houston Cougars defeated St. Mary's 53-48 on December 3, 2022, a 5-point decision in the series. Houston Cougars' strongest period was the 1st half, when it outscored its opponent 31-20. Against SportsJaw's recorded St. Mary's +10 (-110) spread, St. Mary's covered, while the 101 combined points finished under the recorded total of 118.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • MackintoshSpread · St. Mary's +10 (-110)Win
  • CoversSpread · Houston Cougars -10 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioSpread · St. Mary's +10 (-110)Win
  • CoolioTotal · Over 118.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · St. Mary's +10 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 118.5 (-110)Loss