Middle Tennessee vs UTSA 2/7/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
UTSA Roadrunners (8-16) vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (14-7)
February 7, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders -15 ; Over/Under: 140.5
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The UTSA Roadrunners and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders meet Monday in college basketball action from Murphy Center. UTSA is 8-16 on the year thus far. The Roadrunners lost to North Texas over the weekend. As for Middle Tennessee, they’re 14-7 on the season and coming off a loss to UAB. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
UTSA started out the year at a reasonable 6-4 but they’ve only been able to win two games (versus Dallas Christian and FIU) since then. The Roadrunners have lost three straight to Florida Atlantic, Rice and North Texas.
Matched up against North Texas on Saturday, the Roadrunners couldn’t get much going. UTSA scored just 17 points in the first half during a 69-45 blowout loss. Jordan Ivy-Curry was the lone double-digit scorer on 15 points in 28 minutes.
Over on the Middle Tennessee side, they managed a spotty 9-6 run through their first 15 games. The Raiders then took out Florida Atlantic, FIU, Southern Miss, Marshall and Western Kentucky before falling to UAB on Saturday.
In their last matchup versus the Blazers, Middle Tennessee was outscored 39-48 in the first half and 36-49 from there in a 97-75 loss. Leading scorer Josh Jefferson put up 19 points and six boards. Eli Lawrence added 14 points and three rebounds.
The Raiders are 7-1-2 ATS in their last 10 at home and 11-3-2 ATS in their last 16 overall. Middle Tennessee is 3-0-1 ATS in their last four after an ATS loss.
Meanwhile, the Roadrunners are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 overall and 1-6 ATS in their last seven after an ATS loss. UTSA is 17-35 ATS in their last 52 road games.
PICK: I’m going to stick with Middle Tennessee. The Raiders had been on a pretty good run during their five-game win streak; they hit 70 o more points in four of those games. Middle Tennessee had a rough outing in their third consecutive road game versus UAB, but I like a bounce-back effort here.
As for UTSA, they’ve been at 64 points or fewer in two of their last three games so they’re going to need a big offensive push in this one. I don’t think the Roadrunners will quite get there.
