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Rice Owls vs. Texas Longhorns

The Rice Owls and the Texas Longhorns will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Moody Center.

Oddsmakers opened the Longhorns as -24.5-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 142.5.

In their last action, Texas was a 88-43 winner at home against Golden Lions.

Rice won its last outing, a 83-71 result against Bobcats on December 04. They covered in that game as a +4.5-point underdog.

Rice:
Team record: 6-2 SU,4-3 ATS
Current Streak: won 5 straight games.
Rice is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Rice's last 6 games on the road
Rice is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas

Texas:
Team record: 7-1 SU,4-4 ATS
Texas is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Rice
Texas is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Rice

Next up:
Rice home to North American Thursday, December 15
Texas home to Stanford Sunday, December 18