UTRGV (0-1) vs. Creighton (0-0)
November 6, 2024 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Creighton -30.5; Over/Under: +153.5
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The UTRGV Vaqueros and the Creighton Bluejays meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the CHI Health Center Omaha. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Creighton vs UTRGV Prediction.
UTRGV Recap
The UTRGV Vaqueros come into this one fresh off of their season-opening 87-67 loss at the hands of Nebraska last time out. After this game, UTRGV will head on the road for a matchup against Charleston Southern.
Vaqueros Looking To Spring Massive Upset
K.T. Raimey had a team-high 14 points including a pair of threes while Cliff Davis had a team-high 12 points coming on 4 threes along with 7 rebounds. Tomy Gankhuyag and DK Thorn each had 11 points with 3 threes to round out the group of double-digit scorers for UTRGV in the losing effort. Hasan Abdul Hakim also added 7 rebounds of his own along with 6 assists. As a team, UTRGV is averaging 67 PPG on 38.7% shooting, 31.7% from three, and 66.7% from the foul line so far this season.
Creighton Recap
The Creighton Bluejays come into this game looking to build on a decent 2024-25 season, finishing 25-10 overall including a 14-6 mark in Big East play. Creighton lost to Providence in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament but still got invited to the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid. The Bluejays took out Akron and Oregon in the first two rounds of the Big Dance before falling to Tennessee in the Sweet 16. The Bluejays lost a fair bit of talent from last year, including the likes of Trey Alexander, Baylor Scheierman, and Francisco Farabello.
The good news for Creighton is that they brought back Ryan Kalkbrenner (17.3 PPG, 7.6 RPG) and Steven Ashworth (11.1 PPG, 4.2 APG) while also bringing in a pair of strong transfers in Pop Isaacs (15.8 PPG, 3.5 APG) from Texas Tech and Jamiya Neal (11 PPG, 5.4 RPG) from Arizona State. Time will tell if Creighton can replicate their success and make another trip into the NCAA tournament and a deep run come March. The Creighton Bluejays play Fairleigh Dickinson, Houston Christian, Kansas City, Nebraska, and San Diego State next.
Why the Creighton Bluejays will win
- Texas–Rio Grande Valley has lost each of its last 15 games.
- Creighton has won each of its last eight night games against non-Conference opponents at CHI Health Center Omaha.
Creighton vs UTRGV Prediction
I’m on Creighton here. UTRGV hung around with Nebraska, but this Creighton team is loaded once again and is not a team I’m looking to step in front of when UTRGV is the alternative. Creighton beat up on lesser opposition in the non-conference portion of their schedule last year, with wins by 51 over Florida A&M, 29 over North Dakota State, and 32 over Texas Southern. I think UTRGV suffers the same fate. Give me Creighton.
