Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (16-14) vs. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (18-13)
March 14, 2024 11:30 pm EDT
The Line: Texas-Arlington Mavericks -1.5; Over/Under: +141.5
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The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and the UT-Arlington Mavericks meet Thursday in the college basketball WAC Tournament Quarterfinals at the Orleans Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Stephen F. Austin vs. UT-Arlington prediction.
Stephen F. Austin Team Preview
The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks come into this one fresh off of a 60-57 win over Abilene Christian last time out. Latrell Jossell leads the Lumberjacks in scoring with 12.7 PPG while Sadaidriene Hall has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 4.8 RPG to lead the Lumberjacks on the glass. Matt Hayman has 10 PPG with 4.2 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for SFA so far this season. AJ Cajuste has 8.3 PPG with a team-high 3.3 APG to lead the Lumberjacks in assists up to this point in the year. As a team, Stephen F. Austin is averaging 74.5 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 70.4% from the foul line this season.
UT-Arlington Team Preview
The UT-Arlington Mavericks come into the conference tournament as the 3-seed, finishing the year with an overall record of 18-13 on the year including an 11-9 mark in WAC Conference play. Phillip Russell has 13.5 PPG with 4.2 APG in 19 games so far this season while DaJuan Gordon has 12.9 PPG and a team-high 8.4 RPG to lead the Mavericks on the glass. Shemar Wilson has 11.8 PPG with 7.9 RPG and Makaih Williams has 11.2 PPG with 2.8 APG to cap off the scoring in double figures for the Mavericks this season. As a team, UT-Arlington is averaging 75.6 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 34.6% from three and 73.3% from the foul line this season.
Stephen F. Austin vs. UT-Arlington Prediction
I’m on the Mavericks here. The reality is that SFA is just a bad cover team and allowed it to happen again on Wednesday against Abilene Christian. UT-Arlington’s the far better team in this matchup and I think Arlington takes care of business to advance with the win and cover here.
