UMass vs Temple Prediction 11-23-24 College Basketball Picks

The Temple Owls and the UMass Minutemen meet Saturday in College Basketball action from the Mohegan Sun Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this Game. Here’s a UMass vs Temple Prediction.

Temple Recap

The Temple Owls come into this Game looking to bounce back from a 78-69 loss at the hands of Florida State last time out to drop to 3-2 on the year.

Owls Look Back-To-Back Games

Jamal Mashburn Jr. leads the Owls in scoring and assists with 23.5 PPG and 2.5 APG while Steve Settle III has 13.3 PPG with a team-high 8.8 RPG to lead the Owls on the glass so far this season. Zion Stanford also has 10.8 PPG to round out the scoring in double figures for Temple so far this season. Babatunde Durodola also has 7.8 PPG and 6 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Temple is averaging 80.5 PPG on 46.8% shooting from the field, 41.8% from three and 70.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Temple Owls will win

• Massachusetts has lost each of its last six Saturday day games played at neutral venues.
• Temple has won five of its last six games when playing with a rest disadvantage.

UMass Recap

The UMass Minutemen come into this one looking to bounce back after a 75-71 OT loss to Hofstra last time out, ending up at 1-3 on the year with the loss.

Minutemen Lose 3^rd Straight

Rahsool Diggins leads the Minutemen in scoring with 16.8 PPG while Jaylen Curry has 14.5 PPG with 5.3 RPG and a team-high 7.8 APG to lead the Minutemen in the assist department so far this season. Daniel Hankins-Sanford also has 10.8 PPG with 5.3 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for UMass so far this season. Daniel Rivera also has 7.3 PPG with 6.3 RPG and Malek Abdelgowad has 6.5 PPG with 6.5 RPG to lead the Minutemen on the glass so far this season. As a team, UMass is averaging 77.3 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 56.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Massachusetts Minutemen will win

• Temple has lost eight of its last nine day games against non-Conference opponents.
• Massachusetts has won each of its last five games following an overtime loss.

UMass vs Temple Prediction

I’m on Temple here. I think Temple is simply the better and more talented team. I still think it says something when a program like Temple can bring in a top-tier guard like Jamal Mashburn Jr. UMass just hasn’t been able to get the breaks late in Games or else this could be a 3-1 team instead of 1-3. I’ll side with the Owls in this one.