Houston Cougars vs Illinois Fighting Illini Prediction
📢What tactical schemes can be used against zone defense? Houston Cougars and Illinois Fighting Illini will show us their offensive options as they clash on 27 March at 02:05 in the "NCAA (M)" tournament. The favorite for the match is the Houston Cougars team, and the victory of each side is rated as follows: against . We will analyze how accurate the bookmakers' ratings are in our prediction.
Head-to-Head
📊Teams Houston Cougars and Illinois Fighting Illini have only one official match in their history. The contest took place on 20 March 2022 at the venue of Illinois Fighting Illini, ending with the score 53:68.
H2H Stats Matches and Previous Teams Results

Houston Cougars Team Overview
🏆This season, Houston Cougars has stepped onto the court for 34 matches, with their performance breaking down as follows: 28 victories, 6 defeats.
📈Throughout this season, Houston Cougars boasts a success rate of 83.33%, while their defeats account for 16.67% of their total matches.
📊The team plays with the average over/under of 139.72 points, with an average of 77.47 points per match and conceding 62.25 points to the opposition.
🏀At their home venue, the team's average score per game is 78.79 points. In home games, the team's defense concedes an average of 58.25 points per game.
Match Results: Houston Cougars

Illinois Fighting Illini Team Overview
🏆This season, Illinois Fighting Illini has stepped onto the court for 32 matches, with their performance breaking down as follows: 24 victories, 8 defeats.
📈Throughout this season, Illinois Fighting Illini boasts a success rate of 76.47%, while their defeats account for 23.53% of their total matches.
📊The team plays with the average over/under of 154.12 points, with an average of 84.74 points per match and conceding 69.38 points to the opposition.
🏀Away, the team throws on average 82.82 points per game, misses on average 73.82 points per meeting.
Match Results: Illinois Fighting Illini
Prediction for the 1st quarter
Head-to-Head Matches:
- Total encounters - 1;
- First quarter wins at home for the hosts - 0; for the visitors on the road - 0;
- Average total points in the first quarter: 0;
- Today's home team averages 0, while the visitors average 0.
First Quarter Stats: Houston Cougars (home) vs Illinois Fighting Illini (away)
- Tournament matches played: 24 vs 11;
- Number of wins: 20 (83.33%) vs 8 (72.73%);
- Number of losses: 2 (8.33%) vs 3 (27.27%);
- Number of draws: 2 (8.33%) vs 0 (0%).
- Average points scored: 39.13 vs 40.45;
- Average points conceded: 26.63 vs 35.
Last 10 Matches (Overall):
- Number of wins: 4 vs 9;
- Number of losses: 5 vs 1;
- Number of draws: 1 vs 0;
- Average first quarter total: 71.9 (scored - 38.5, conceded - 33.4) vs 73.1 (scored - 40.6, conceded - 32.5).
- Illinois Fighting Illini won the 1st quarter in 11 of last 12 games (NCAA (M)).
Prediction on the outcome
H2H:
- number of matchups - 1;
- number of wins for the home team - 1, for the away team - 0.
Statistics: Houston Cougars vs Illinois Fighting Illini
- number of tournament matches played: 34 vs 32;
- number of wins: 30 (83.33%) vs 26 (76.47%);
- number of losses: 6 (16.67%) vs 8 (23.53%);
- number of wins at home for the home team: 22;
- number of away wins for the away team: 9.
Last 10 matches:
- number of wins: 7 vs 6;
- number of losses: 3 vs 4;
- number of home wins for the home team: 6;
- number of away wins for the away team: 2.
- Houston Cougars have won in 17 of last 18 games (NCAA (M)).
Prediction on the over/under
H2H:
- average total points per match for the home team - 68, for the away team - 53;
- average total points in H2H matches - 121.
Statistics: Houston Cougars vs Illinois Fighting Illini
- average total in the tournament: 139.72 vs 154.12;
- average total points scored: 77.47 vs 84.74;
- average total points conceded: 62.25 vs 69.38;
- average total points scored in the 1st half: 77.17 vs 83.62;
- average total points scored in the 2nd half: 0 vs 0;
- Houston Cougars: average total points scored at home in the tournament - 78.79;
- Illinois Fighting Illini: average total points scored away in the tournament - 82.82;
- last 10 matches (average total points scored): 76.5 (home - 79) vs 85.3 (away - 91).
- Over 139.5 points scored in last 8 Illinois Fighting Illini games (NCAA (M)).
Editorial Prediction
- Illinois Fighting Illini won with a +3.5 points handicap in 25 of last 26 games (NCAA (M)).
- Illinois Fighting Illini won with a +3.5 points handicap in last 11 games (NCAA (M)).
