UAB Blazers vs UTEP Miners: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/5/2021

The UAB Blazers (14-2) will look to continue a four-game win streak when they host the UTEP Miners (8-8) on Friday, February 5, 2021 at Bartow Arena as 7.5-point favorites. The game airs at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN+. The over/under is 135 for the matchup.

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ATS Records for UAB and UTEP

UAB Leaders

• Tavin Lovan leads the Blazers in points and assists. He scores 13.2 points per game while also adding 2.8 assists.
• Trey Jemison paces UAB with 7.3 rebounds per game.
• Jalen Benjamin is the top three-point shooter for the Blazers, connecting on 2.3 per game.
• UAB's blocks leader is Jemison, who collects 2.4 per game. Quan Jackson leads the team averaging 2.5 steals a game.

UTEP Leaders

• Souley Boum outpaced his teammates on the Miners scoring front by putting up 17.8 points per game. He adds 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game this season.
• The UTEP leaders in rebounds and assists are Bryson Williams (6.8 rebounds per game) and Jamal Bieniemy (4.3 assists per game).
• Boum averages 2.3 made threes per game to lead the Miners.
• Nobody on UTEP grabs more steals than Boum (1.4 per game) or blocks more shots than Tydus Verhoeven (0.8 per game).

UAB vs UTEP: Last 2 Meetings

UAB leads the past two matchups 2-0 over UTEP. Neither team holds an advantage against the spread in those head-to-head matchups. The Blazers and the Miners have a 0-0 ATS record.

Points Insights

• The Blazers average just 3.8 more points per game (74.2) than the Miners give up (70.4).
• UAB has a 9-0 record overall and an 8-0 record against the spread when putting up more than 70.4 points.
• In games UTEP gives up more than 74.2 points, it is 1-1 against the spread and 2-1 overall.
• The Miners score 14.1 more points per game (72.2) than the Blazers allow their opponents to score (58.1).
• UTEP is 5-0-1 against the spread and 8-6 overall when it scores more than 58.1 points.
• UAB has an ATS record of 1-0 and a 1-0 record overall when its opponents score more than 72.2 points.
• The Blazers have out-scored their opponents by a total of 258 points this season (16.1 points per game on average), and the Miners have put up 29 more points than their opponents on the year (1.8 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Blazers and the Miners rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 35.5 and 33.8 boards per game, respectively.
• The Blazers are 8-2 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Miners are 2-6 when they lose the rebounding advantage.
• The Blazers collect 9.8 offensive rebounds per game, more than the Miners by one rebound per game.
• When the Blazers grab the most offensive rebounds they are 5-3 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, the Miners are 2-2-1.
• UAB fairs well on the boards with an average rebounding margin of +2.1 rebounds per game. It's a different perspective for UTEP, which averages a margin of -1.