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UTEP Miners vs. Rice Owls
The UTEP Miners and the Rice Owls will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Tudor Fieldhouse.
Oddsmakers opened the Owls as -2.5-point favorites versus the Miners, while the game's total opened at 143.
Rice won its last outing, a 91-78 result against Roadrunners on February 03. They covered in that game as a -10-point favorite.
In their last action, UTEP was a 79-68 winner at home against Panthers. They covered the -7-point spread as favorites.
UTEP:
Team record: 13-8 SU,8-11 ATS
Current Streak: won 5 straight games.
UTEP is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Rice
UTEP is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games when playing Rice
UTEP is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Rice
Rice:
Team record: 13-8 SU,10-9-1 ATS
Rice is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing UTEP
Rice is 3-14 SU in its last 17 games when playing UTEP
Rice is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against UTEP
Next up:
UTEP at North Texas Monday, February 7
Rice home to Jarvis Chrstian Tuesday, February 8