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Little Rock Trojans @ Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
Present Data: Little Rock 6-7, Tennessee Tech 5-8
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Little Rock has loved the comforts of house their final 4 video games, however now they will head out on the highway. The Little Rock Trojans and the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles will face off in an Ohio Valley battle at 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at Hooper Eblen Area. Each of those groups might be in search of a pick-me-up after appreciable defeats of their earlier video games.
The specialists predicted a detailed recreation on Thursday and a win for Little Rock, however boy had been they unsuitable. They took a critical blow towards the Gamecocks, falling 90-60. The outcome should not come as a shock contemplating that is the fewest factors Little Rock has scored all season.
Little Rock struggled to work collectively and completed the sport with solely six assists. That is the fewest assists they’ve managed all season.
In the meantime, it is laborious to win when you do not work as a unit and publish 16 fewer assists than your opponent, a truth Tennessee Tech came upon the laborious approach final Wednesday. There isn’t any have to mince phrases: the Golden Eagles misplaced to the Aces, and the Golden Eagles misplaced dangerous. The rating wound up at 82-51.
The Trojans now have a shedding report at 6-7. As for the Golden Eagles, they bumped their report all the way down to 5-8 with that loss, which was their third straight on the highway.
Thursday’s contest is shaping as much as be a scrappy match: Little Rock have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 36.2 rebounds per recreation. It is a completely different story for Tennessee Tech, although, as they have been averaging solely 32.4 rebounds per recreation. Given Little Rock’s sizeable benefit in that space, Tennessee Tech might want to discover a approach to shut that hole.
Little Rock got here out on prime in a nail-biter towards Tennessee Tech of their earlier matchup again in January, sneaking previous 91-89. Will Little Rock repeat their success, or does Tennessee Tech have a greater recreation plan this time round? We’ll discover out quickly sufficient.
Odds
Little Rock is a slight 1.5-point favourite towards Tennessee Tech, in accordance with the most recent college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had an excellent really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Trojans as a 1-point favourite.
The over/below is about at 153.5 factors.
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Sequence Historical past
Tennessee Tech and Little Rock each have 1 win of their final 2 video games.
- Jan 28, 2023 – Little Rock 91 vs. Tennessee Tech 89
- Jan 19, 2023 – Tennessee Tech 77 vs. Little Rock 75
