UAB Blazers (19-8) vs. UTSA Roadrunners (8-19)
February 18, 2023 4:00 pm EDT
The Line: UTSA Roadrunners +15.5 / UAB Blazers -15.5; Over/Under: +152.5
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The UAB Blazers and the UTSA Roadrunners meet in college basketball action from the UTSA Convocation Center on Saturday afternoon. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
UAB is listed as a 15.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -1400. The total for this game is set at 152.5 points.
Injuries
UAB comes into this game with a clean injury report, while UTSA has Carlton Linguard Jr. listed as out for the season due to an academics-related issue.
Matchup History
UAB’s 90-67 win over UTSA back on December 31st, 2022, made it three straight wins for the Blazers in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
UAB is 3-13-2 ATS in their last 18 road games and 3-12-1 ATS in their last 16 games following an ATS win while the over is 9-2 in their last 11 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400. UTSA is 0-5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following an ATS win while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.
Pick
I’m sticking with UAB here. I’m not loving the heavy number that comes with the Blazers, but side-by-side with UTSA, I don’t see another way to go in this game. The Blazers have just been the far better team and on the road, they’ve been pummelling the lesser teams. UTSA is at the bottom of C-USA for a reason, and it doesn’t matter where they take the floor, more often than not, the Roadrunners are getting crushed. I’ll side with UAB laying the points here.
