Houston @ Temple preview

Last Meeting ( Jan 31, 2019 ) Temple 66, Houston 73

With five straight victories, Houston will aim to extend its winning streak Tuesday against a Temple team with a very different mindset. The host Owls are coming off their worst loss of the season and are hoping to avoid their first losing streak of the campaign.

The Cougars' five-game winning streak includes four victories by double digits, as well as a win over a ranked Washington squad. Now the Cougars must play three of their next four on the road, beginning with a trip to Temple, where they suffered their first loss last season after opening the campaign 15-0. The Owls' Quinton Rose scored a game-high 22 points in that one despite 6-of-18 shooting - a theme that has continued into this season. The senior guard is the team's leading scorer at 14.1 points but is only shooting 35.7 percent from the floor and has not shot above 43 percent in any game this season.

TIME: 7 p.m. ET TV: CBS Sports Network

ABOUT HOUSTON (11-3, 1-0 American): Houston is coming off a 78-63 victory against Central Florida as Nate Hinton notched 20 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season. Hinton averages 12.7 points and 9.7 boards and shoots 44.8 percent from 3-point range, while Quentin Grimes (14.8 points) is the leading scorer on the squad. Chris Harris Jr. and Brison Gresham both play less than 18 minutes per game, but combined they average 7.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.7 blocks.

ABOUT TEMPLE (9-4, 1-1): Temple shot under 28 percent from the floor in its recent loss to Tulsa, missing 20 of its 25 3-pointers and committing 17 turnovers, while only Rose (5-of-16) made more than three field goals. Nate Pierre-Louis, who began the season with three straight double-doubles, has not recorded one since and has shot 3-of-14 from the field over the last two games. Rose and Pierre-Louis (10.6) are the only double-digit scorers for the Owls, while Alani Moore II (9.8) has made at least three 3-pointers in a game seven times this year.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. In his last four games, Mills is shooting 14-of-46 (30.4 percent).

2. Rose is 0-of-19 from 3-point range over the last seven games.

3. Since scoring 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting against Rider on Dec. 21, Temple F Jake Forrester has five total points in the last two games.

PREDICTION: Houston 70, Temple 62