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The Temple Owls host the 25th ranked SMU Mustangs in an AAC game that will take place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 9 PM ET. The betting odds show the SMU Mustangs as a -6.5 point favorite over the Temple Owls with a total line of 138 for this AAC conference game.
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SMU is coming off a 76-53 blowout win over Tulsa in their last game where they covered the 9-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 129, which was under the closing line of 134. The Mustangs have covered the spread in six of their last seven games, including their last five, and in two of their last three games the total has gone under. Overall, SMU has won six in a row and 16 of their last 17 games.
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Temple is coming off an 83-74 win over South Florida in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 15.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 157, which was over the closing line of 140.5. The Owls have failed to cover the spread in two of their last three games and in nine of their last 10 games, including their last five, the total has gone over. Temple has won three of their last four games.
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Offensively, SMU is putting up 73.5 points per game on a 46.6% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Mustangs are allowing 58.6 points per game, which ranks 3rd in the nation, on a 38.8% FG average, which ranks 10th in the nation.
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Temple is putting up 71.8 points per game on a 42.7% FG average. On defense the Owls are allowing 71.7 points per game on a 43.2% FG average.
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These teams met early last month at SMU where the Mustangs beat the Owls 79-65.
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SMU Mustangs at Temple Owls Betting Trends<br />
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SMU is 5-0 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
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The Mustangs are 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games against the Owls.
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The game total has gone under 9 times in SMU’s last 12 road games.
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Temple is 3-6-2 against the spread in their last 11 games overall.
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The Owls are 6-2 straight up in their last 8 home games.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Southern Methodist and Temple have the public leaning quite heavily to the Mustangs to cover the 6.5 point spread on the road. The over/under consensus has not been posted at time of publish.
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