Texas-Arlington vs Arkansas-Little Rock 2/17/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans (8-14) vs. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (10-14)
February 17, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Texas-Arlington Mavericks -10 / Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans +10; Over/Under: +134
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The Little Rock Trojans and the UT-Arlington Mavericks meet in college basketball action from the College Park Arena on Thursday night.
The Little Rock Trojans will look to build on their 66-62 win over Troy in their last game. Isaiah Palermo leads the Trojans in scoring with 12.6 PPG with 4.7 RPG while Nikola Maric has 14.6 PPG with 6.4 RPG and 2.9 APG in 11 games this season. DeAntoni Gordon has 10.4 PPG while Marko Lukic has 11.4 PPG as well this season. D.J. Smith also has 2.1 APG as well on the year. As a team, Little Rock is averaging 67.7 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 73.9% from the foul line while allowing 73.1 PPG on 47% shooting from the field and 36.5% from three this season.
The UT-Arlington Mavericks will look to build on an 80-77 win over UL-Monroe last time out. David Azore leads the Mavericks in scoring with 19.9 PPG with 4.5 RPG as well as the lone double-digit scorer for UT-Arlington this season while Patrick Mwamba has 10 PPG with 4.5 RPG. Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu has a team-high 4.9 RPG and Javon Levi leads the Mavericks in assists with 5.1 APG as well this season. As a team, UT-Arlington is averaging 68.5 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three and 69.1% from the foul line while allowing 69.9 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field and 35.1% from three this season.
Little Rock is 6-19-1 ATS in their last 26 road games and 2-10 ATS in their last 12 games as a road underdog while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 Thursday games. UT-Arlington is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games as a home favorite and 1-6 ATS in their last games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while he over is 5-1-1 in their last 7 games overall.
I get why you could look at the dog here, but Little Rock has been one of the worst cover teams in the country this season. Arlington’s far from a world-beater, but they play their best at home and I think they’re more than capable of pulling away in the second half to get us a win and cover here.
