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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 Saturday.
Oddsmakers opened the Owls as -3-point favorites versus the Miners, while the game's total opened at 138.
Rice won its last outing, a 72-57 result against Golden Eagles on March 04. They covered in that game as a +1-point underdog.
In their last action, UTEP was a 60-56 winner on the road against Blue Raiders. They covered the -1.5-point spread as favorites.
UTEP:
Team record: 16-14 SU,12-13-2 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
UTEP is 2-3-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
UTEP is 2-23 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UTEP's last 5 games on the road
Rice:
Team record: 15-15 SU,14-14 ATS
Rice is 2-12 SU in its last 14 games when playing UTEP
Rice is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against UTEP
Rice is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against UTEP