Louisiana Tech at Rice

Louisiana Tech is 11-4 and 6-1-1 ATS its last eight road games while Rice is 2-7 ATS its last nine games overall.  Louisiana Tech has covered six of the last eight meetings with the Owls and the Bulldogs have won seven of their last eight games. The Bulldogs had an off-shooting night on Thursday in a loss at North Texas with DuQuan Barkley scoring a team-leading 22 points although his team shot only 37.9 percent. They'll look to bounce back today against Rice, which allows opponents a .467 field goal percentage and 81.9 points per game. The Owls are 1-4 ATS their last five home games and 1-5 ATS their last six following a win and they are 3-8 ATS their last 11 against teams with winning records. The favorite has covered four of the last five meetings. Lay the points with Louisiana Tech.