Wade Taylor Total Points Scored Prop Bet vs. Texas January 4

Wade Taylor total points scored versus Texas prop bet was coming in at 16.5.

Taylor scored 15 points and a career-high 10 assists against Abilene Christian Wildcats in a 92-54 beat down in the Aggies last game.

“I’m excited. Conference is always a great time. You get to see who is who,” Taylor foretold. “You get to really fight with your brothers every day.

“Conference is what it’s all about.”

Texas vs. Texas A&M Last Games

The line on this game has Texas as a +6 road dog and seeing less than 10 percent of the cash spread action.

Zhuric Phelps had 12 points and 10 rebounds in No. 13 Texas A&M's 92-54 win over Abilene Christian on Saturday.

Taylor's 15 points passed Vernon Smith, who scored 1,778 points at A&M from 1977-81, for second on Texas A&M's all-time scoring list. Taylor now has 1,779 career points and needs 212 more to pass Bernard King, who scored 1,990 points from 1999-2003, as Texas A&M’s all-time scoring leader.

Taylor returned to action after he missed his first career game on Dec. 20 against Houston Christian.

The 11-2 Longhorns are coming off a 77-53 win against Northwestern State.

Tre Johnson returned to the Texas lineup and scored 18 points to lead the Longhorns to a 77-53 win over Northwestern State to close out their nonconference schedule on Sunday.

Johnson, a freshman averaging better than 19 points per game, sat out the team's win over Southern with a right hip issue. He returned to hit 7 of his 11 shots, including 4 of 7 from long range, and collect four assists.

Johnson's scoring total for this game was set at 15.5 at BetUS.

Before You Bet the Texas vs. Texas A&M Game January 4

• Both teams are among the top 20 in terms of defense.
• The Longhorns do have the advantage when it comes to putting points on the board.
• Texas A&M leads the nation in terms of field goal advantage.
• The Aggies are 7-0 at home.
• Texas has gone 6-1 Straight Up versus the Aggies in their last seven games, pushing using the current spread in the lone loss.
• KenPom, Haslametrics and EvanMiya project the Aggies as over six-point home favorites against Texas.
• The ‘Horns happily piled up over 100 points against Chicago State and Arkansas Pine Bluff, but they failed to crack 65 against NC State and UConn.