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Rice Owls vs. UAB Blazers
The Rice Owls and the UAB Blazers will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Bartow Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Blazers as -11.5-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 150.
UAB was a 71-62 winner in their most recent outing at home against Mean Green. They covered the -3-point spread as favorites.
Rice was a 93-82 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Golden Hurricane. They failed to cover the +4.5-point spread as underdogs.
Rice:
Team record: 9-16 SU,8-14-2 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Rice is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Rice's last 8 games on the road
Rice is 1-6-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing UAB
UAB:
Team record: 17-8 SU,14-9-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
UAB is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
UAB is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UAB's last 6 games at home
Next up:
Rice home to East Carolina Saturday, February 24
UAB at Tulane Sunday, February 25