Southern Utah Thunderbirds vs UTEP Miners Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 03/22/2022

Game Time: 9:00 pm ET, Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Venue:  Don Haskins Center, El Paso, TX

Where to Watch:  WatchCIT.com

DraftKings:  Point Spread: SUU +4, UTEP -4; Over/Under:  143 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  SUU +4, UTEP -4; Over/Under:  143 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  SUU +4, UTEP -4; Over/Under:  143 points

 

Southern Utah Thunderbirds:  21-11 (2nd place, Big Sky)

UTEP Miners:  20-13 (4th place, CUSA Group B)

 

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Southern Utah Thunderbirds:  3-2 last 5

UTEP Miners:  4-1 last 5

 

 

 

Southern Utah is coming into this game with a 21-11 record overall and they are 7-7 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 3 of their last 4 games and are coming into this one off of a win in their last game. Their last loss was against the Portland State Vikings while their 3 wins in that span came against the Idaho State Bengals, the Weber State Wildcats, and the Kent State Golden Flashes in their last game. Dre Marin led the team in points in that game with 27 while John Knight III was next on the team with 14 points. Knight III led the team in assists in that game with 6 while Jason Spurgin led the team in rebounds with 7. They were 53.8% from the field, 41.4% from 3-point range, and 60% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 78.5 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 73 PPG against them. Southern Utah has an ATS record of 12-18 this season and their O/U record is 18-12.

 

 

UTEP is coming into this game with a 20-13 record overall and they are 12-6 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 4 of their last 5 games and are coming into this one off of a win in their last game. Their last loss was against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders while their 4 wins in that span came against the Rice Owls, the North Texas Mean Green, the Old Dominion Monarchs, and the Western Illinois Leathernecks in their last game. Keonte Kennedy led the team in points in that game with 22 while Souley Boum was next on the team with 20 points. Boum led the team in assists in that game with 10 while Keonte Kennedy led the team in rebounds with 15. They were 52.5% from the field, 30.4% from 3-point range, and 75% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 69.2 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 66.2 PPG against them. UTEP has an ATS record of 16-15 this season and their O/U record is 15-16.

 

UTEP is coming into this game as a 4 point favorite with the current betting odds according to Draftkings Sportsbook. SUU has won 3 of their last 4 games but they have not been playing well recently. They finished their season with 2 straight wins but they fizzled out in their conference tourney losing by 12 points to the 7 seeded Portland State. They made it out of round 1 in this tourney but they only beat Kent State in the last round by 4 points and they were at home for that game. Now they are going on the road and they are going up against a UTEP side that has been playing very well recently. They have won 4 of their last 5 games and even though they also lost in their conference tourney, they went much deeper in theirs than SUU did and their wins were much better as well. UTEP's last 2 wins were both by double digits and they are coming off of a win by close to 30 points in round 1 of this tourney. UTEP will have their home crowd on their side here and they should be able to get by SUU here. UTEP will win this game and cover the spread.  

 

Southern Utah UTEP Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Tuesday, March 22, 2022 (9:00 pm ET start time) is UTEP 84 SUU 74.

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Southern Utah Thunderbirds: 1-6 ATS as a road underdog or pick. 21-14 OVER when the total is 140 to 149.5. 24-13 OVER in road games.

UTEP Miners: 12-4 ATS after allowing 60 points or less. 11-3 ATS after a win by 15 points or more. 12-5 OVER after allowing 60 points or less. 

 

 

Southern Utah Thunderbirds:  T. Jones (G) out for season - Wrist injury.

UTEP Miners:  None.

 

 

“Kent State is an outstanding team. That’s an NCAA tournament-quality team with a lot of talent. It was fun to measure up and see where we stood with them.” - Todd Simon after his team’s win against Kent State.

 

 

“I’m proud of our guys, this was a player-driven decision to play postseason play. I supported them as long as they were 100 percent in, and I thought today they showed we were. We haven’t played in nine or 10 days and it was sloppy at times, but in the second half I thought our ball movement was as good as it’s been all season long.” - Joe Golding on his team’s win against Western Illinois.

 

 

 

M. Fausett 

T. Jones 

J. Knight 

D. Marin 

J. Spurgin

 

J. Bieniemy 

S. Boum

J. Saterfield 

J. Sibley  

T. Verhoeven 

 

 

PPG: T. Jones (14.6)

APG: J. Knight III (4.2)

Reb/G: M. Fausett (8.2)

 

PPG: S. Boum (19.8)

APG: J. Bieniemy (3.9)

Reb/G: K. Kennedy (5.5)

 

Coaches:

Southern Utah Thunderbirds: Todd Simon (6th season)

UTEP Miners: Joe Golding (1st season)