The Lamar Cardinals (1-7) take a three-game losing streak into a home matchup with the Houston Baptist Huskies (1-7), who have lost three straight as well. The Cardinals are favorites (-6) in the contest, which tips at 3:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 9, 2021. The point total is 151 for the matchup.
The betting insights in this article reflect betting data from DraftKings as of January 9, 2021, 2:15 AM ET. See table below for current betting odds and CLICK HERE to bet at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Betting Odds
Lamar Betting Information
- The Cardinals are under .500 against the spread this season with a record of 3-5
- Only 3 of 8 Lamar games this season (37.5%) resulted in a total greater than the contest’s over/under.
Against the Spread (ATS) records are only reflective of games that had odds on them.
Lamar Players to Watch
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davion Buster | 7 | 16.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Anderson Kopp | 11 | 11.7 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Kasen Harrison | 8 | 10.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Avery Sullivan | 11 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Quinlan Bennett | 9 | 10.1 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
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Houston Baptist Betting Information
- With a 4-2 record ATS this season, Houston Baptist has topped expectations.
- The Huskies and their opponents have often failed to covered the total points bet this season, doing so in 33.3% (2) of their six games played.
- The Huskies fell to Oklahoma 84-65 but covered the spread as 34-point underdogs, while going under the 167 point total in their most recent game on Saturday. Darius Lee totaled a team-high 15 points in the loss.
Against the Spread (ATS) records are only reflective of games that had odds on them.
Houston Baptist Players to Watch
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Za-Ontay Boothman | 10 | 13.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| Pedro Castro | 10 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Darius Lee | 10 | 9.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Ty Dalton | 7 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Hunter Janacek | 10 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
Total Facts
- Lamar’s games this season have gone over the point total for Saturday’s matchup (151 points) in one out of eight opportunities (12.5% of matchups).
- In Houston Baptist’s games this season, the competing teams combined for a higher point total than Saturday’s matchup point total in four out of eight matchups (50%).
- Together, the two teams combine for 127.6 points per game, 23.4 points fewer than the total of 151 for this contest.
- These two teams give up a combined 158.3 points per game, 7.3 more than this contest’s over/under.
- This season the average total for Cardinals games is 132.2 points, 18.8 fewer than the over/under of 151 points for this contest.
- The over/under for this matchup is 2.6 points fewer than the average over/under in Huskies games this season (153.6 points).
Head to Head
| Date | Favorite | Home Team | Spread | Total | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Game Type | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2020 | N/A | Lamar | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Regular Season | 79-69 LAMAR |
| 1/11/2020 | N/A | Houston Baptist | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Regular Season | 102-92 LAMAR |
| 2/27/2019 | N/A | Lamar | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Regular Season | 110-75 LAMAR |
| 1/2/2019 | N/A | Houston Baptist | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Regular Season | 88-82 HOUBAP |
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