Middle Tennessee vs UTEP 2/21/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
UTEP Miners (16-10) vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (19-7)
February 21, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders -6 / UTEP Miners 5; Over/Under: +137
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The UTEP Miners and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders meet in college basketball action from the Murphy Athletic Center on Monday night.
The UTEP Miners will look to build on back-to-back road wins after an 84-70 win over Southern Miss last time out. Souley Boum has 19.6 PPG with 3 APG so far this season while Keonte Kennedy has 13.3 PPG and a team-high 5.9 RPG to lead the Miners on the glass. Jamal Bieniemy has 15.8 PPG with a team-high 3.7 APG to lead the Miners in the assist department and to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for UTEP up to this point in the season. As a team, UTEP is averaging 69.4 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field, 35.8% from three and 77% from the foul line while allowing 66.1 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field and 33.7% from three this season.
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will look to add to their current five-game win streak after an 87-79 win over FAU last time out. Josh Jefferson leads Middle Tennessee with 15.1 PPG and Donovan Sims has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 2.8 APG to lead the Blue Raiders in assists while Eli Lawrence has 10.5 PPG with 4 RPG, rounding out the trio of double-digit scorers for MTSU so far this season. Deandre Dishman also has 8.8 PPG and a team-high 4.8 RPG as well this season. As a team, Middle Tennessee is averaging 75.1 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 33.1% shooting from three and 74.9% from the foul line while allowing 67.4 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field and 32.1% from three this season.
UTEP is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS win. Middle Tennessee is 10-2-1 ATS in their last 13 games following an ATS win and 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 Monday games.
The Miners have done a good job covering a lot of numbers on the road as of late and they’ve won three of their last four away from home. However, Middle Tennessee has been a cover machine this season, going 17-5-2 ATS on the year and the Blue Raiders also need to keep winning games to maintain their lead atop the C-USA East mountain, and I think they get another win and cover to add to their numbers here.
