UAB Blazers vs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/28/2021

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (3-9) will look to stop a four-game losing streak when they host the UAB Blazers (12-2) on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Murphy Athletic Center as big, 10.5-point underdogs. The matchup airs at 9:00 PM ET on CBS Sports. The matchup has an over/under of 134.5 points.

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ATS Records for UAB and Middle Tennessee

UAB Leaders

• Michael Ertel leads the Blazers in scoring, putting up 13.4 points per game.
• The squad is led in rebounding by Trey Jemison's 7.0 rebounds per game and assisting by Tavin Lovan's 2.8 assists per game .
• Jalen Benjamin paces the Blazers with a team-high 2.3 made three-pointers per game.
• UAB's blocks leader is Jemison, who averages 2.4 per game. Quan Jackson leads the team averaging 2.8 steals a game.

Middle Tennessee Leaders

• Dontrell Shuler's excellent showing this season give him the top spot on the Blue Raiders scoring and assists leaderboards with 12.1 points per game and 3.1 assists per game.
• Jo'Vontae Millner holds the top spot on the Blue Raiders rebounding leaderboard, averaging 5.4 boards per game while adding 7.5 points per game.
• The Blue Raiders are led by Jordan Davis from beyond the arc -- he hits 1.3 shots from deep per game.
• The Blue Raiders leaders in steals and blocks are Davis (1.9 steals per game) and Millner (0.6 blocks per game).

UAB vs Middle Tennessee: Last 4 Meetings

The Blazers and the Blue Raiders have split their last four games 2-2. The Blazers have a 2-0 record against the spread in those contests with the Blue Raiders.

Points Insights

• The 75.4 points per game the Blazers record are 8.2 more points than the Blue Raiders allow (67.2).
• UAB is 8-0 against the spread and 9-0 overall when scoring more than 67.2 points.
• Middle Tennessee is 0-3 against the spread and 0-3 overall when giving up more than 75.4 points.
• The Blue Raiders' 60.9 points per game are only 2.4 more points than the 58.5 the Blazers allow.
• Middle Tennessee has put together a 3-4 overall record and a 3-0 ATS record in games it scores more than 58.5 points.
• UAB has a 4-2 record overall and an ATS record of 3-2 in games when its opponents put up more than 60.9 points.
• The Blazers have put up a total of 236 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 16.9 per game), while the Blue Raiders have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 76 total points, -6.3 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Blazers and the Blue Raiders rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 35.4 and 33.2 boards per game, respectively.
• UAB is 6-2 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. Middle Tennessee is 1-5 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Blazers and the Blue Raiders collect offensive rebounds at nearly the same rate (9.5 and 9.2 offensive rebounds per game, respectively).
• The Blazers are 4-3 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Blue Raiders are 0-3 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• UAB finds nightly success on the boards with an average rebounding margin of +1.8 rebounds per game. Middle Tennessee struggles in comparison averaging a margin of -1.5.