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UT Rio Grande Valley vs Sam Houston St. Bearkats Predictions January 21, 2023

Game time: January 21, 2023 at 5:30 PM ET

Venue: Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum — Huntsville, TX

Article updated Jan 20, 10:14 PM EST

By SportsJaw Editorial Team

UT Rio Grande Valley is on the road playing Sam Houston St. at the Johnson Coliseum stadium on Saturday, 1/21/2023 @ 5:30pm EST. Sam Houston St. -16 was the opening favorite

Game outlook

UT Rio Grande Valley is on the road playing Sam Houston St. at the Johnson Coliseum stadium on Saturday, 1/21/2023 @ 5:30pm EST. Sam Houston St. -16 was the opening favorite and current line is Sam Houston St. -15.

UT Rio Grande Valley Highlights

With a power ranking of 268, UT Rio Grande Valley is ranked #19 in offense (scoring an average of 81.76 per game), #351 in defense (allowing an average of 78.53 points to be scored against them per game) and are 10-8 (7-8 ATS) this season.

Sam Houston St. Highlights

Sam Houston St. Bearkats has a power ranking of 76 and are #53 for offense (scoring an average of 77.78 per game), #8 for defense (giving up an average of 78.53 points per game) and 14-5 (8-6-1 ATS) overall. UT Rio Grande Valley went 3-0 (1-1-1 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Sam Houston St..

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be RIO 89.25, SAMHO 59.25. The SportsJaw community predicts UT Rio Grande Valley to cover (53%) OddsShark predicts Sam Houston State will win, utrgv will cover, and the total will go under.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Vaqueros 69 to Bearkats 80.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Vaqueros 69 to Bearkats 80.

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Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NCAAB Predictions

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

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No qualifying consensus sample is available yet.

Qualified handicappers need at least 20 graded picks and a 52.5% win rate. A market needs at least three current qualified picks. Selection share is not a win probability.

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · UT Rio Grande Valley+1,000 → +825Moved
  • Moneyline · Sam Houston St. Bearkats-1,750 → -1,400Moved
  • Spread · UT Rio Grande Valley+16 (-110) → +15 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Sam Houston St. Bearkats-16 (-110) → -15 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over149 (-110) → 148.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under149 (-110) → 148.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

UT Rio Grande Valley
ATS unavailable · O/U unavailable
Last 0 completed games on file
Sam Houston St. Bearkats
22-11 matchup record · 4-6-0 ATS · 7-3-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2023-01-21T03:14:54.217Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 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
  • 2022-02-12Sam Houston St. Bearkats 72 · Chicago State 59
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Matchup pick recap

Sam Houston St. Bearkats defeated UT Rio Grande Valley 83-64

Sam Houston St. Bearkats defeated UT Rio Grande Valley 83-64 on January 21, 2023, a 19-point decision in the series. Sam Houston St. Bearkats' strongest period was the 2nd half, when it outscored its opponent 47-31. Against SportsJaw's recorded UT Rio Grande Valley +15 (-110) spread, Sam Houston St. Bearkats covered, while the 147 combined points finished under the recorded total of 148.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • CoolioSpread · UT Rio Grande Valley +15 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Under 149 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkSpread · UT Rio Grande Valley +15 (-110)Loss
  • CoversSpread · UT Rio Grande Valley +15 (-110)Loss