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Kentucky Wildcats vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
The Kentucky Wildcats and the Texas Tech Red Raiders will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at United Supermarkets Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Red Raiders as -5.5-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total opened at 134.
In their last action, Texas Tech was a 65-54 loser on the road against Horned Frogs. They failed to cover the -2.5-point spread as favorites.
Kentucky was a 89-79 winner in their most recent outing at home against Bulldogs. They failed to cover the -12-point spread as favorites.
Kentucky:
Team record: 14-4 SU,7-10-1 ATS
Kentucky is 5-10-1 ATS in its last 16 games
Kentucky is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Kentucky's last 8 games
Texas Tech:
Team record: 12-6 SU,8-10 ATS
Texas Tech is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games
Texas Tech is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas Tech's last 5 games
Next up:
Kentucky home to Vanderbilt Wednesday, January 29
Texas Tech home to West Virginia Wednesday, January 29