Prairie View A&M at Rice

Prairie View A&M is an underdog again but that won't scare this team. They beat Washington State of the Pac-12, 70-59, as a +10 dog, plus won at Arkansas State (67-59) as a +4.5 dog. The backcourt leads the way behind sparkplug senior guard 6-5 Will Douglas (17.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg) and senior Jeremiah Gambrell (15 ppg). Prairie View A&M is 20-8 ATS after having lost two of three. Rice prefers to run, though the defense has surrendered over 80 points in half of its six games. Rice is 32-46 ATS versus winning teams, 9-18 ATS after having won three of four, plus 14-32 ATS after playing two straight as a home favorite. Play Prairie View A&M.