Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Houston Cougars

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

5-2, 0-1 Away

Houston Cougars

6-1, 4-0 Home

No. 3 Houston faces Notre Dame

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-2) vs. Houston Cougars (6-1)

Las Vegas; Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. EST

Cougars -10.5; over/under is 134.5

BOTTOM LINE: Notre Dame and No. 3 Houston play at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Cougars have a 6-1 record in non-conference play. Houston ranks eighth in the Big 12 with 24.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Chris Cenac Jr. averaging 6.4.

The Fighting Irish are 5-2 in non-conference play. Notre Dame is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Houston makes 44.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.2 percentage points higher than Notre Dame has allowed to its opponents (42.3%). Notre Dame has shot at a 47.9% rate from the field this season, 9.7 percentage points greater than the 38.2% shooting opponents of Houston have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kingston Flemings is scoring 17.3 points per game with 3.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists for the Cougars. Emanuel Sharp is averaging 16.3 points and 3.4 rebounds while shooting 42.4%.

Markus Burton is scoring 20.3 points per game and averaging 2.3 rebounds for the Fighting Irish. Braeden Shrewsberry is averaging 11.3 points and 2.4 rebounds.

TV Channel: Notre Dame at Houston 2021 College Basketball, week 4, is broadcasted on TNT.
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Houston: 88.8%

Notre Dame: 11.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

ND		HOU
W1	Streak	L1
67.4	Points Against	59.6
78.1	Points Per Game	76.1
48	Field Goal %	44
37	Three Point %	33
38.1	Rebounds Per Game	39.9
11.7	Assists Per Game	16.4
1.7	Blocks Per Game	5.1
5.9	Steals Per Game	9.0
0.9	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.3
12.9	Total Turnovers Per Game	10.3
67.4	Points Against	59.6

Game Information

Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Duke	0-0	-	7-0
SMU	0-0	-	7-0
Louisville	0-0	-	6-0
North Carolina	0-0	-	6-0
Virginia Tech	0-0	-	5-0
California	0-0	-	6-1
Clemson	0-0	-	6-1
Florida State	0-0	-	5-1
Georgia Tech	0-0	-	5-1
Miami	0-0	-	5-1
NC State	0-0	-	5-1
Virginia	0-0	-	5-1
Stanford	0-0	-	4-1
Notre Dame	0-0	-	5-2
Wake Forest	0-0	-	5-2
Syracuse	0-0	-	4-2
Pittsburgh	0-0	-	4-3
Boston College	0-0	-	3-4

2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Arizona	0-0	-	6-0
Iowa State	0-0	-	6-0
Oklahoma State	0-0	-	6-0
Colorado	0-0	-	5-0
Arizona State	0-0	-	6-1
Houston	0-0	-	6-1
UCF	0-0	-	6-1
Cincinnati	0-0	-	5-1
BYU	0-0	-	4-1
Baylor	0-0	-	4-1
Kansas	0-0	-	5-2
Kansas State	0-0	-	5-2
Utah	0-0	-	5-2
West Virginia	0-0	-	5-2
Texas Tech	0-0	-	4-2
TCU	0-0	-	3-2