Southern Utah vs. Utah Tech Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/17/23

The Utah Tech Trailblazers and the Southern Utah Thunderbirds meet in college basketball action from the America First Events Center on Friday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Southern Utah comes into this game as an 8.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -400. The total for this game is set at 157.5 points.

Injuries

Neither side has anyone listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.

Matchup History

Utah Tech’s 86-79 win over Southern Utah back on February 4^th, 2023, made the home team 4-0 in the four all-time meetings between these two teams.

Trends

Utah Tech is 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 road games and 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games following an ATS loss. Southern Utah is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games overall while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following an ATS loss.

Pick

I’m going to lean towards Southern Utah here. The Thunderbirds have just been so good at home this season and it’s really hard to go against them on their own floor. Utah Tech’s been competitive as of late, but this is likely too much for the Trailblazers to contend against. Give me the Thunderbirds laying the points.