East Carolina at Tulsa

Young East Carolina has lost nine of 10 road games. The Pirates rank #333 in the nation in field-goal percentage shooting (39.7) and are last in the conference in free-throw percentage (62.6 percent). The defense struggles away from home, allowing 81 at Temple, 72 at UConn, 86 at SMU, and 73 the last game at Tulane. Tulsa plays its second straight home game, off an 82-68 rout of South Florida. Tulsa leads the AAC in free-throw percentage (76.6). The team has good depth in the backcourt with four players (Pat Birt, Sterling Taplin, Jaleel Wheeler, and Corey Henderson) averaging between 8.1 and 9.6 points with a combined 101 made three-pointers. Tulsa is on a 9-4 ATS run at home, is 19-7 ATS as a favorite of 0.5-6.5, plus 35-15-1 ATS as a home favorite of 0.5-6.5. They like to run and are 14-3 OVER the total as chalk. And the Golden Hurricane lead the all-time series 15-3, winning eight of the last nine at home against the Pirates. Play Tulsa and OVER the total.