UTEP Miners vs Old Dominion Monarchs Prediction, 1/15/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: UTEP Miners vs Old Dominion Monarchs

Date: Saturday, January 15, 2022

Location: Chartway Arena in Norfolk, VA

TV: ESPN+

The Old Dominion Monarchs (6-8) host the UTEP Miners (8-7) at Chartway Arena on Saturday.

The UTEP Miners faced off with Southern Miss and notched a win by a score of 87-54 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Miners ended up with 18 and Southern Miss totaled 12 fouls. They also buried 3 out of their 11 tries from long range. Southern Miss ended up shooting 59.1% from the free throw line by knocking down 13 of their 22 tries. In addition, Southern Miss collected 33 boards (13 offensive, 20 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Southern Miss earned 8 dimes and had 3 steals in this game. With respect to defense, UTEP allowed the other team to go 34.5% from the floor on 19 out of 55 shooting. They also recorded 24 dimes for this contest as well as creating 14 turnovers and getting 5 steals. In the matter of getting rebounds, they earned 28 with 2 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Miners knocked down 8 of their 8 tries for a rate of 100.0%. UTEP walked away from the contest having earned a 56.1% field goal percentage (32 out of 57) and buried 15 of 27 shots from distance.

Jamal Bieniemy is someone who was a contributor for the matchup. He ended up scoring 19 points on 7 out of 13 shooting. He played 29 mins played and also totaled 3 rebounds. He finished the contest at 53.8% from the floor and also distributed 7 dimes.

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UTEP comes into this contest with a record of 8-7 this season. They are turning it over 12.5 times per contest and as a group are committing 18.5 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, UTEP is grabbing 33.3 boards per game and has accounted for 175 dimes this year, which has them ranked 262nd in the nation in terms of passing. The Miners are hitting 34.8% on shots beyond the perimeter (119 of 342) and 76.6% from the free throw line. They average 69.4 points per outing (251st in the nation) while hitting 41.4% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Miners are able to force 16.3 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.1 fouls. They surrender 34.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 90th in college hoops in opponents points per game (64.9). The Miners are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 44.7% (348 of 778) and they surrender 34.9 rebounds per game as a group. They rank 96th in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 164 relinquished for the year.

In their last game, the Old Dominion Monarchs got the victory with a final of 82-77 against FIU. When discussing rebounds, Old Dominion permitted FIU to collect 24 in total (10 on the offensive side). They shot 43.8% from beyond the arc by shooting 14 of 32 and walked away from this one shooting 9 of 13 at the free throw line (69.2%). The Monarchs permitted FIU to knock down 27 out of 64 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 42.2% in the matchup. When all was said and done, the Monarchs finished the game shooting 33 out of 57 from the field which had them shooting 57.9%. In terms of shooting from downtown, Old Dominion buried 6 out of 17 attempts (35.3%). They were able to knock down 10 of those for a clip of 83.3%. FIU was called for 14 personal fouls for this contest which took the Monarchs to the charity stripe for a total of 12 shots. They also coughed up the ball 15 times, while getting 8 steals in this contest. The Monarchs were able to corral 25 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards totaling 35 for this game.

Austin Trice ended up being a factor for the Monarchs for the contest. He earned 25 points in his 33 mins on the court and had 4 assists for the game. He converted 10 out of 11 for the matchup for a field goal rate of 90.9%, and accounted for 9 rebounds.

Old Dominion has a win-loss mark of 6-8 this year. The Monarchs are committing 16.5 personal fouls every game and they hit 69.1% from the free throw line. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 12.5 times per game (240th in college basketball) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 12.2 times per game. Old Dominion has scored 918 points on the campaign (65.6 per contest) and they average 35.4 rebounds per contest. As an offensive unit, the Monarchs are shooting 42.7% from the floor, which has them ranked 258th in the nation.

The Old Dominion defense gives up 35.7% on 3-pointers (123 of 345) and opponents are converting on 67.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have allowed 13.6 assists and 33.7 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 251st and 126th in college hoops. The Monarchs on the defensive end are ranked 125th in college basketball in points given up per game with 66.5. They are able to force 12.6 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 42.2% from the field (167th in the nation).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take UTEP

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