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Rice Owls vs. Florida International Golden Panthers

The Rice Owls and the Florida International Golden Panthers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at FIU Arena.

Oddsmakers opened the Golden Panthers as -3.5-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 172.

Florida International was a 85-75 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Miners. They failed to cover the +1-point spread as underdogs.

Rice won its last outing, a 74-69 result against Thundering Herd on February 09. They covered in that game as a +1.5-point underdog.

Rice:
Team record: 10-15 SU,11-10-2 ATS
Rice is 6-1-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Rice is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games
Rice is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road

Florida International:
Team record: 14-11 SU,11-11 ATS
Florida International is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Florida International is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Florida International is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games at home

Next up:
Rice at Florida Atlantic Saturday, February 16
Florida International home to North Texas Saturday, February 16