Houston Cougars (16-3, 8-0 Big 12) at West Virginia Mountaineers (13-6, 5-4 Big 12)
Morgantown, West Virginia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -7.5; over/under is 123
BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Houston takes on West Virginia after J’wan Roberts scored 24 points in Houston’s 92-86 overtime victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.
The Mountaineers have gone 9-2 in home games. West Virginia ranks third in the Big 12 at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 64.4 points while holding opponents to 40.1% shooting.
The Cougars are 8-0 in conference games. Houston scores 76.7 points while outscoring opponents by 21.1 points per game.
West Virginia makes 42.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.3 percentage points higher than Houston has allowed to its opponents (36.0%). Houston averages 8.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.7 more made shots on average than the 5.8 per game West Virginia gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Javon Small is averaging 19.6 points, 5.1 assists and 1.9 steals for the Mountaineers. Jonathan Powell is averaging 9.5 points over the past 10 games.
LJ Cryer is shooting 37.9% and averaging 13.5 points for the Cougars. Emanuel Sharp is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 65.1 points, 29.4 rebounds, 12.6 assists, 7.6 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 41.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.8 points per game.
Cougars: 10-0, averaging 76.4 points, 35.3 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 8.8 steals and 5.7 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 54.9 points.
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