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UTEP Miners vs. Rice Owls
The fans at Tudor Fieldhouse will be treated to a game between the UTEP Miners and the Rice Owls when they take their seats on Thursday.
Oddsmakers opened the Miners as -2-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 135.
Rice lost its last outing, a 79-59 result against Mean Green on January 20. They failed to cover in that game as a +13-point underdog.
UTEP was a 86-70 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Roadrunners. They failed to cover the +0-point spread as underdogs.
UTEP:
Team record: 11-8 SU,8-8 ATS
UTEP is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
UTEP is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of UTEP's last 12 games
Rice:
Team record: 9-11 SU,8-10 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Rice is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Rice is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Rice's last 5 games
Next up:
UTEP at North Texas Saturday, January 25
Rice home to UTSA Saturday, January 25