Temple Owls vs East Carolina Pirates Prediction, 2/7/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Temple Owls vs East Carolina Pirates

Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026

Location: Minges Coliseum in Greenville, NC

TV: ESPNU

The Temple Owls (14-8) are en route to Minges Coliseum on Saturday where they will play the East Carolina Pirates (7-15).

The Temple Owls played South Florida and earned the victory with a final of 79-78 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Owls ended up walking away with 23 and South Florida finished the game with 18 personal fouls. They made 7 of 23 attempts from distance. South Florida walked away from this one shooting 87.1% from the charity stripe by making 27 of their 31 attempts. Furthermore, South Florida snagged 28 boards (5 offensive, 23 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. South Florida totaled 16 dimes and had 7 steals in the matchup. In relation to defense, Temple allowed their opponent to shoot 45.8% from the floor on 22 out of 48 shooting. They also dished out 19 assists in this game while forcing the opposition into 17 turnovers and getting 5 steals. When talking about rebounding, they earned 27 with 9 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Owls made 14 of their 17 attempts for a percentage of 82.4%. Temple finished the contest having earned a 44.4% field goal percentage (28 out of 63) and made 9 out of their 29 shots from 3-point land.

Aiden Tobiason is someone who was a major contributor for this game. He notched 22 points on 9 out of 16 shooting. He played for 39 mins but concluded the game with no rebounds. He finished the contest at 56.3% from the floor and also distributed 3 assists.

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Temple enters this contest with a win-loss mark of 14-8 for the campaign. They lose possession by turning the ball over 9.2 times per game and as a team are committing 16.9 fouls every game. As a unit, Temple is pulling in 34.0 boards per contest and is sitting with 287 dimes this season, which is 291st in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Owls are hitting 35.0% on three-point shots (157 of 448) and 75.3% from the free throw line. They average 75.4 pts per contest (204th in college hoops) while hitting 45.1% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Owls are forcing their opponents into 10.7 turnovers per game and they draw 19.1 personal fouls. They are 99th in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 282 surrendered this season. The Owls defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 43.8% (552 of 1,260) and they concede 33.9 boards per game as a squad. They are giving up 32.0% on 3-point attempts while they are 86th in the nation in points per game allowed (70.3).

When they last played, the East Carolina Pirates got the victory with a final of 76-75 when they faced Florida Atlantic. The Pirates were able to collect 20 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 27 for the contest. They gave up possession 10 times, while recording 10 steals for this contest. Florida Atlantic had 17 personal fouls in this game which got the Pirates to the free throw line for a total of 22 attempts. They were able to make 16 of the free throw tries for a rate of 72.7%. In reference to shooting from downtown, East Carolina buried 8 out of 17 tries (47.1%). Overall, the Pirates shot 26 out of 61 from the field which gave them a percentage of 42.6%. The Pirates allowed Florida Atlantic to make 29 of 57 attempts from the field which left them with a rate of 50.9% in this game. They went 39.1% from downtown by connecting on 9 out of 23 and ended up going 8 out of 10 at the charity stripe (80.0%). When talking about attacking the glass, East Carolina allowed Florida Atlantic to get 34 in total (11 on the offensive glass).

Reid Cason was important for the Pirates in the game. He earned 0 points in his 11 minutes of playing time, but went home with no dimes. He buried 0 of 1 in this game for a field goal rate of 0.0%, and earned 2 rebounds.

East Carolina has a win-loss mark of 7-15 on the campaign. On the offensive side of the court, the Pirates are shooting 40.5% from the floor, which ranks them 345th in college. East Carolina has scored 1,511 points so far this year (68.7 per game) and they grab 36.1 boards per contest. They are dishing out assists 11.4 times per contest (339th in college hoops) and they lose possession via turnover 12.6 times per game. The Pirates are responsible for committing 16.2 fouls per contest and they shoot 69.9% from the charity stripe.

The Pirates are ranked 251st in college in points allowed per contest with 76.4. They are forcing 12.0 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.2% from the field (250th in the nation). The East Carolina defense surrenders 36.0% on 3-point shots (188 of 522) and opponents are making 73.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have allowed 14.5 assists and 35.8 boards per game, which is 266th and 255th in those categories.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Temple

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