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Rice Owls vs. UAB Blazers
The Rice Owls and the UAB Blazers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Ford Center at The Star.
Oddsmakers opened the Blazers as -11.5-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 158.
UAB was a 93-91 winner in their most recent outing on the road against 49ers. They failed to cover the -5-point spread as favorites.
Rice won its last outing, a 72-71 result against Roadrunners on March 08. They failed to cover in that game as a -6-point favorite.
Rice:
Team record: 17-14 SU,13-15 ATS
Rice is 1-5-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing UAB
Rice is 3-19 SU in its last 22 games when playing UAB
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Rice's last 9 games when playing UAB
UAB:
Team record: 23-8 SU,12-17-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 6 straight games.
UAB is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Rice
UAB is 19-3 SU in its last 22 games when playing Rice
The total has gone OVER in 6 of UAB's last 9 games when playing Rice