Texas A&M vs. Kentucky: College Basketball Betting Preview, Tips And Picks – January 13, 2024

Written By PlayPicks Staff on January 12, 2024

The Texas A&M Aggies (9-6, 0-2 SEC) will play the No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats (12-2, 2-0 SEC) on Saturday at 2:00 PM ET at Reed Arena. Henry Coleman III and Tre Mitchell will be among the players to watch for the Aggies and Wildcats, respectively. The Aggies square off with the Wildcats in a game that Texas A&M is currently a slight favorite by 1.5 points. A 154.5-point total has been set for the game.

Texas A&M vs. Kentucky Betting Lines

Texas A&M vs Kentucky Betting Information
Favorite Spread Total
Texas A&M -1.5 154.5 points

Computer Picks

Spread Pick Kentucky (+1.5)
Total Pick Under (154.5)

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Texas A&M vs. Kentucky Stat Rankings

Texas A&M Avg. (Rank) Kentucky Avg. (Rank)
73.2 (219th) Points Scored 90.7 (2nd)
66.7 (82nd) Points Allowed 74.5 (264th)
(1st) Rebounds (1st)
16.4 (1st) Off. Rebounds 7.8 (246th)
6.3 (283rd) 3pt Made 10.1 (16th)
11.9 (286th) Assists 18.7 (11th)
10.3 (62nd) Turnovers 9.5 (28th)

Texas A&M vs. Kentucky Betting Trends

  • Against the spread, the Aggies are 7-8-0 this year.
  • Texas A&M has an ATS record of 4-6 as 1.5-point favorites or greater.
  • This year, eight of the Aggies’ 15 games have gone over the point total.
  • Texas A&M and its opponent have broken the 154.5-point mark three times this season.
  • The over/under in this game is 154.5 points, 14.6 higher than the average total in Aggies games this season.
  • Kentucky is 10-4-0 against the spread this year.
  • The Wildcats are unbeaten ATS (2-0) as a 1.5-point underdog or more this season.
  • Out of 15 Texas A&M’s games so far this year, eight have hit the over.
  • So far this year, 10 Wildcats games have featured over 154.5 points scored.
  • The average total points scored in Kentucky’s games this year (165.2) is 10.7 points higher than the total for this matchup.

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Texas A&M Impact Players

  • Coleman III is averaging 12.5 points, 1.2 assists and 8.4 rebounds per contest.
  • Andersson Garcia paces his team in rebounds per game (8.7), and also puts up 5.2 points and 1.7 assists. Defensively, he puts up 1.3 steals and 0.7 blocked shots.
  • Tyrece Radford puts up 12.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, shooting 38.8% from the floor.
  • Jace Carter averages 6.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Defensively, he puts up 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.

Kentucky Impact Players

  • Mitchell is No. 1 on the Wildcats in rebounding (7.8 per game), and averages 13.2 points and 3.2 assists. He also posts 1.1 steals and 1.3 blocked shots.
  • Reed Sheppard is the Wildcats’ top assist man (4.3 per game), and he averages 11.9 points and 4.3 rebounds.
  • Antonio Reeves is averaging team highs in points (18.6 per game) and assists (1.4). And he is contributing 4.3 rebounds, making 51.1% of his shots from the field and 41.9% from beyond the arc, with 2.6 triples per game.
  • Rob Dillingham gets the Wildcats 14.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game. He also delivers 1.5 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
  • The Wildcats get 12.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game from D.j. Wagner.

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