No. 8 Houston Cougars square off against the Florida State Seminoles

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Florida State Seminoles (5-3) vs. Houston Cougars (7-1)

Houston; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -17.5; over/under is 145.5

BOTTOM LINE: Florida State and No. 8 Houston square off in Houston, Texas.

The Cougars are 7-1 in non-conference play. Houston has a 1-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Seminoles are 5-3 in non-conference play. Florida State has a 0-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Houston is shooting 43.2% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points higher than the 42.9% Florida State allows to opponents. Florida State scores 27.3 more points per game (86.4) than Houston gives up (59.1).

TOP PERFORMERS: Emanuel Sharp is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Cougars. Milos Uzan is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers.

Robert McCray is averaging 13.9 points, seven assists and 1.9 steals for the Seminoles. Lajae Jones is averaging 12.8 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.