Tennessee-Martin vs Tennessee State Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/23/23

The Tennessee State Tigers and the UT-Martin Skyhawks meet in college basketball action from the Elam Center on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

UT-Martin is listed as a 4.5-point home favorite with the total for this game set at 158.5 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

UT-Martin’s 77-66 win back on January 12^th, 2023, made it five straight meetings without back-to-back winners, but made it three straight wins for the road team in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Tennessee State is 6-1 ATS in their lats 7 games overall and 14-36-1 ATS in their last 51 road games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. UT-Martin is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 9-20 ATS in their last 29 Thursday games while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 games overall.

Pick

This should be a great matchup, but I’m leaning towards Tennessee State and the points. UT-Martin is starting to heat up, but Tennessee State has had their hot streak running longer and head-to-head, the road team has won and covered each of the last three meetings. Not sure the Tigers win outright here, but I think there’s value taking the points.