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Sam Houston St. Bearkats vs UT Rio Grande Valley Predictions February 1, 2023

Game time: February 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET

Venue: UTRGV Fieldhouse — Edinburg, TX

Article updated Jan 31, 2:14 PM EST

By SportsJaw Editorial Team

Sam Houston St. is on the road playing UT Rio Grande Valley at the UTRGV Fieldhouse stadium on Wednesday, 2/1/2023 @ 7:30pm EST. Sam Houston St. is the betting favorite

Game outlook

Sam Houston St. is on the road playing UT Rio Grande Valley at the UTRGV Fieldhouse stadium on Wednesday, 2/1/2023 @ 7:30pm EST. Sam Houston St. is the betting favorite opening at -10 and the current line is Sam Houston St. -9.5.

Bearkats vs Vaqueros Prediction for Today's Game

Based on recent trends and head to head stats, Vaqueros the Scorecaster predicts Vaqueros to win tonight's game by -4 points. This model factors in recent against the spread (ATS) trends and scoring which predicts Vaqueros to cover the 9.5 point spread and the total to go and the total to go over 145 points.

PREDICTED SCORE: Sam Houston St. 76 to UT Rio Grande Valley 72

Scorecaster algorithmic predictions factor in up-to-date player injuries for both the Sam Houston St. Bearkats and UT Rio Grande Valley, plus recent team & player performances and defensive & offensive matchups from recent history. Curated Picks & Predictions From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be SAMHO 62.75, RIO 81.75. Based on the moneyline, the implied probability that Sam Houston St. will win straight-up is 83%. The SportsJaw community predicts Sam Houston St. Bearkats to cover (51%) OddsShark predicts Sam Houston State will win, cover the spread, and the total will go over. split down the middle on Covers.com Sam Houston St. Highlights With a power ranking of 23, Sam Houston St. is ranked #65 in offense (scoring an average of 76.86 per game), #7 in defense (allowing an average of 58.48 points to be scored against them per game) and are 16-5 (10-6-1 ATS) this season.

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UT Rio Grande Valley Highlights

UT Rio Grande Valley has a power ranking of 331 and are #32 for offense (scoring an average of 79.65 per game), #355 for defense (giving up an average of 79.30 points per game) and 11-10 (8-10 ATS) overall. Sam Houston St. went 0-3 (1-1-1 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against UT Rio Grande Valley.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NCAAB Predictions

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SportsJaw Bearkats vs UT Rio Grande Valley archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. how our predictions work.

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Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Sam Houston St. Bearkats-450 → -478Moved
  • Moneyline · UT Rio Grande Valley+400 → +368Moved
  • Spread · Sam Houston St. Bearkats-10 (-110) → -9.5 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · UT Rio Grande Valley+10 (-110) → +9.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over145.5 (-110) → 144.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under145.5 (-110) → 144.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Sam Houston St. Bearkats
22-11 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
UT Rio Grande Valley
ATS unavailable · O/U unavailable
Last 0 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2023-01-31T19:14:36.548Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

Scorecaster algorithmic predictions factor in up-to-date player injuries for both the Sam Houston St. Bearkats and UT Rio Grande Valley, plus recent team & player performances and defensive & offensive matchups from recent history. Curated Picks & Predictions From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be SAMHO 62.75, RIO 81.75. Based on the moneyline, the implied probability that Sam Houston St. will win straight-up is 83%. The SportsJaw community predicts Sam Houston St. Bearkats to cover (51%) OddsShark predicts Sam Houston State will win, cover the spread, and the total will go over. split down the middle on Covers.com Sam Houston St. Highlights With a power ranking of 23, Sam Houston St. is ranked #65 in offense (scoring an average of 76.86 per game), #7 in defense (allowing an average of 58.48 points to be scored against them per game) and are 16-5 (10-6-1 ATS) this season.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2023-01-21UT Rio Grande Valley 64 · Sam Houston St. Bearkats 83
  • 2023-01-14Sam Houston St. Bearkats 78 · Utah Tech 53
  • 2022-12-17Sam Houston St. Bearkats 69 · Texas State 62
  • 2022-03-09California Baptist 35 · Sam Houston St. Bearkats 65
  • 2022-02-19Sam Houston St. Bearkats 67 · UT Rio Grande Valley 61
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Sam Houston St. Bearkats defeated UT Rio Grande Valley 67-65

Sam Houston St. Bearkats defeated UT Rio Grande Valley 67-65 on February 1, 2023, a 2-point decision in the series. Sam Houston St. Bearkats' strongest period was the 1st half, when it outscored its opponent 30-27. Against SportsJaw's recorded Sam Houston St. Bearkats -9.5 (-110) spread, UT Rio Grande Valley covered, while the 132 combined points finished under the recorded total of 144.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

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Tipster picks

  • MtgoldsteinSpread · Sam Houston St. Bearkats -10 (-110)Loss
  • MikeVargasTotal · Over 145.5 (-110)Loss
  • RcTotal · Under 144.5 (-110)Win
  • CoolioSpread · Sam Houston St. Bearkats -9.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Over 144.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · Sam Houston St. Bearkats -9.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 144.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoversSpread · UT Rio Grande Valley +9.5 (-110)Win