Temple vs. Rice Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 21

The Temple Owls (11-7, 3-2 AAC) visit the Rice Owls (8-10, 2-3 AAC) at Tudor Fieldhouse, tipping off at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, January 21, 2026. The Rice Owls are 1.5-point underdogs in the game. The point total is set at 144.5 in the matchup.

In its last game on Sunday, Temple suffered a 79-73 loss to Florida Atlantic. In the loss, Aiden Tobiason paced Temple with 23 points. Rice is coming off of an 89-73 victory over UTSA in its most recent outing on Wednesday. Trae Broadnax scored 20 points in Rice's win, leading the team.

Temple vs. Rice Odds and Game Time

• When: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET
• Where: Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas
• Spread favorite: Temple -1.5
• Moneyline favorite: Temple -122
• Moneyline underdog: Rice +102
• Over/Under: 144.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: Temple vs. Rice

• Temple and its opponents have combined to exceed Wednesday's over/under of 144.5 points 10 times this season.
• In Rice's 16 games this season, 11 finished with more combined points than Wednesday's total of 144.5.
• Together, the two teams combine for 150 points per game, 5.5 points more than the total of 144.5 for this game.
• The 143.4 points per game these two teams surrender to opponents on average this season are 1.1 fewer than the 144.5 over/under in this contest.
• Temple has seen a 145.7 average over/under in its games this season, 1.2 points more than the over/under in this contest.
• The over/under for this matchup is 3.2 points lower than the average over/under in Rice's games this season (147.7 points).

Betting the Spread: Temple vs. Rice

• In Temple's 17 games this season, it has eight wins against the spread.
• So far this season, the Temple Owls have been installed as favorites by a 1.5-point margin or more 11 times and are 5-6 ATS in those contests.
• Rice is 9-7-0 against the spread this year.
• The Rice Owls are 6-3 ATS when underdogs by 1.5 points or more this year.
• Rice is 3-4 overall, and 4-3 against the spread, at home.
• At home, Rice has one win ATS (1-3) as a 1.5-point underdog or greater.
• This season away from home, Temple is 3-1 against the spread and 2-2 overall.

Betting the Moneyline: Temple vs. Rice

• This season, Temple has won eight out of the 11 games, or 72.7%, in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
• The Temple Owls are 8-3 this season when entering a game favored by -122 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win from Temple, based on the moneyline, is 55%.
• Rice has been victorious in two of the nine contests it has been chosen as a moneyline underdog in this season.
• This year, the Rice Owls have won two of eight games when listed as at least +102 or worse on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies Rice has a 49.5% chance of walking away with the win.