Temple vs. East Carolina betting: College basketball preview for February 1

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The Temple Owls (13-8, 5-3 AAC) are slightly favored (by 3 points) to continue an 11-game home winning streak when they host the East Carolina Pirates (12-9, 4-4 AAC) on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET. The matchup’s over/under is set at 146.5.

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Temple vs. East Carolina betting lines

  • Temple moneyline odds to win: -161
  • East Carolina moneyline odds to win: +135
  • Spread: Temple (-3)
  • Total: 146.5

Temple statistics, trends and more

As the home team

  • Against the spread, Temple has played worse when playing at home, covering three times in eight home games, and four times in seven road games.
  • The Owls have hit the over on the total in a higher percentage of home games (75%) than road tilts (71.4%).
  • Temple has performed better as a moneyline favorite in home games, sporting a home record of 7-0, compared to going 0-2 in road games.

Recent trends

  • The Owls have been racking up 81.7 points per contest in their last 10 appearances, an average that’s a little higher than the 79.4 they’ve scored over the course of the 2024-25 campaign.
  • Temple’s points-allowed average over its past 10 games (80.2) is 4.1 more points per game than the team is allowing over the entire season (76.1).
  • The Owls are trending up from deep over their last 10 outings, making 7.6 threes per game and shooting 41.3% from long range in comparison to their season-long averages of 7 makes and 36.3% from distance in the 2024-25 season.

Temple betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 9-11-0 (Home: 3-5-0; Away: 4-3-0)
  • ATS Record When Favored by 3+: 2-4-0 (As Favorite: 3-7-0; As Underdog: 6-4-0)
  • O-U-P: 15-5-0 (Home: 6-2-0; Away: 5-2-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 8-2 (Home: 7-0; Away: 0-2)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 4-6 (Home: 1-0; Away: 2-3)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
45.1 (163rd in nation) 43 (148th) 33.6 (112th) 32.2 (240th) 10.9 (346th) 11.4 (182nd)

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East Carolina statistics, trends and more

As the away team

  • Against the spread, East Carolina has had better results on the road (4-1-0) than at home (5-6-0).
  • Pirates games have finished above the over/under 63.6% of the time at home (seven of 11), and 60% of the time away (three of five).
  • As moneyline underdogs, the Pirates have won a higher percentage of games at home (1-2) than away (1-3).

Recent trends

  • The Pirates are averaging 73.3 points per contest over their past 10 games, which is 2.1 fewer points than their average for the season (75.4).
  • East Carolina is surrendering 72.6 points per contest over its past 10 games, compared to its season average of 71.2 points allowed.
  • In their past 10 games, the Pirates are sinking 7.1 treys per contest, 0.6 more than their season average (6.5). They also sport a better three-point percentage over their last 10 games (31.8%) compared to their season average (30.3%).

East Carolina betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 10-9-0 (Home: 5-6-0; Away: 4-1-0)
  • ATS Record When Underdog by 3+: 4-1-0 (As Favorite: 5-7-0; As Underdog: 5-2-0)
  • O-U-P: 11-8-0 (Home: 7-4-0; Away: 3-2-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 8-4 (Home: 5-3; Away: 1-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 2-5 (Home: 1-2; Away: 1-3)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
43.1 (271st in nation) 42.9 (139th) 36 (30th) 31.4 (192nd) 12.8 (256th) 11 (144th)
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