New Mexico State vs UTEP 11/30/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
UTEP Miners (5-1) vs. New Mexico State Aggies (2-2)
November 30, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: New Mexico State Aggies -4.5 / UTEP Miners +4.5; Over/Under: +132.5
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The UTEP Miners and the New Mexico State Aggies meet in college basketball action from the Pan American Center on Wednesday night.
The UTEP Miners will look to build on their 5th straight win after a 72-67 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last time out. Tae Hardy leads the Miners in scoring with 11.8 PPG along with 2.3 APG while Otis Frazier III has 10.2 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for UTEP up to this point in the season. Mario McKinney Jr. has 9.8 PPG along with 4.5 RPG while Ze’Rik Onyema has 9.7 PPG with a team-high 6.3 RPG to lead the Miners on the glass. Shamar Givance also has a team-high 3 APG to lead UTEP in assists this season. As a team, UTEP is averaging 72.7 PPG on 48% shooting from the field, 23.2% from three and 58.4% from the foul line this season.
The New Mexico State Aggies will look to rebound from an 85-68 loss to UC-Irvine in their last game. Xavier Pinson leads the Aggies in scoring with 14.8 PPG along with 5 APG while Deshawndre Washington has 13.5 PPG with team-highs of 7.8 RPG and 6.3 APG to lead the Aggies in assists. Issa Muhammad has 12 PPG with 4 RPG and Anthony Roy has 10.7 PPG to finish off the scoring in double figures for New Mexico State so far this season. As a team, New Mexico State is averaging 80.8 PPG on 47.8% shooting from the field, 39.6% from three and 60.9% from the foul line this season.
UTEP is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a win. New Mexico State is 14-3 ATS in their last 17 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 10-3 ATS in their last 13 games following an ATS loss while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a double-digit loss at home.
I get the case to be made either way here and I was initially leaning towards the over, but I’m going to side with New Mexico State after all. I just really like the depth that the Aggies possess and I think they’re simply the better team and at times, that’s all it really boils down to. Give me New Mexico State in this one.
