The Temple Owls (4-2) host the Wisconsin Badgers (4-5) in a non-conference game that will take place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 7:00 PM ET. Temple are the 4-point home favorite with a total offered at 135 points.
In their last game, Wisconsin was on the road where they got a narrow victory over Penn State 64-63. Khalil Iverson was the high scorer for the Badgers picking up 16 points on 7/8 shooting and he also had five rebounds and was the only starter for Wisconsin that went for double figures. Mike Watkins was the high scorer for the Nittany Lions with 22 points on 9/13 shooting and he had eight rebounds. For the game the Badgers played solid defense holding Penn State to 35.7% shooting while they shot 44.2% from the floor. The Badgers had lost two in a row before their win over Penn State. Wisconsin backers headed to windows with an easy point spread cover by the +5.5 Badgers the spread as a 5.5-point underdog with the combined total points of 127 falling short of the 134.5 total line.
Temple was on the road in their last game where they lost to George Washington 71-67. Quinton Rose was the high scorer for the Owls with 20 points on 8/13 shooting and Shizz Alston Jr. went for 18 and they were the only two players for Temple that scored in double figures. Jair Bolden and Yuta Watanabe were the high scorers for George Washington each going 17 points. Temple was outscored by 15 points in the first half and while they had a good shooting game with a FG% of 48.1% they allowed George Washington to shoot a ridiculous 60% from the field. Temple has lost two of their last three games after winning their first three games of the season. The Owls failed to cover the spread as an 11-point favorite with the 138 points scored going OVER the final closing line of 133.5.
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Wisconsin ranks 303rd in the nation in ppg and 44th in opponents’ ppg and Temple ranks 165th in ppg and 128th in opponents’ ppg.
These teams met last in the 2015 season where Wisconsin beat Temple 76-60.
This season Wisconsin is 3-5 ATS with an O/U record of 3-4-1and Temple is 4-2 ATS with an O/U record of 4-2.
SAGARIN RATINGS
Wisconsin: 82.53
Temple: 81.31
INJURY REPORT
WISCONSIN NONE TEMPLE NONE
Wisconsin at Temple Key Betting Trends
- WISC is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games
- WISC is 3-9-1 ATS in their last 13 road games
- WISC has an Under record of 4-1-1 in their last 6 games
- TEM is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games
- TEM is 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games after a straight up loss
- TEM has an Over record of 5-1 in their last 6 home games
Badgers at Owls Betting Angles
Wisconsin is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against Temple.
The favorite is 4-1 ATS in the last 6 games between these teams.
