How to Watch Houston vs. SIU-Edwardsville: TV Channel, Time, Live Stream - NCAA Tournament First Round

Updated Mar. 20, 2025 2:22 p.m. ET

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The No. 1 seed Houston Cougars (30-4) will aim to defeat the No. 16 seed SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (22-11) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at INTRUST Bank Arena. This matchup tips off at 2 p.m. ET.

The Houston Cougars hit the hardwood as heavy favorites against the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars, by 28.5 points. The over/under for this game is set at 127.5 points.

Houston vs. SIU-Edwardsville Matchup Information

Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Time: 2 p.m. ET
TV: TBS
Where: Wichita, Kansas
Venue: INTRUST Bank Arena
Live boxscore on FOX Sports

Cougars vs Cougars Betting Information
Favorite	Spread	Favorite Spread Odds	Underdog Spread Odds	Total	Over Total Odds	Under Total Odds	Favorite Moneyline	Underdog Moneyline
Cougars	-28.5	-112	-108	127.5	-110	-120	-20000	+3500

Houston Top Performers

Name	GP	PTS	REB	ASST	STL	BLK	3PM
LJ Cryer	34	15.2	2.2	1.8	0.9	0.1	2.9
Milos Uzan	34	11.5	3	4.2	1	0.1	1.5
J'wan Roberts	31	10.8	6.3	1.7	1	0.7	0
Emanuel Sharp	31	12.6	3.1	0.9	1.4	0	2.4
Joseph Tugler	34	5.6	5.7	0.9	0.9	2.1	0.1

SIU-Edwardsville Top Performers

Name	GP	PTS	REB	ASST	STL	BLK	3PM
Ray'Sean Taylor	33	19.3	4.5	3.8	2	0.1	2.8
Brian Taylor II	33	12.1	4.1	2.9	0.8	0.2	1.2
Ring Malith	33	11.5	7.2	1.4	0.8	0.7	1.2
Desmond Polk	33	6.2	3.3	1	0.9	0.3	1
Myles Thompson	30	5.6	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.1

Houston vs. SIU-Edwardsville Scoring Insights

The Houston Cougars record 74.2 points per game, 8.1 more points than the 66.1 the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars allow.
When Houston totals more than 66.1 points, it is 19-4.
SIU-Edwardsville has an 18-2 record when allowing fewer than 74.2 points.
The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars put up an average of 72.6 points per game, 14.1 more points than the 58.5 the Houston Cougars give up.
SIU-Edwardsville has put together a 19-8 record in games it scores more than 58.5 points.
Houston's record is 26-0 when it allows fewer than 72.6 points.

Houston vs. SIU-Edwardsville Betting Insights

Houston is 18-15-0 ATS this season.
SIU-Edwardsville has compiled a 17-12-1 ATS record so far this season.
Houston's games this season have featured more combined points than this contest's total of 127.5 points 20 times.
SIU-Edwardsville has played 23 games this season that ended with a point total above 127.5 points.

FOX Sports created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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