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Game time: December 31, 2022 at 3:00 PM ET

Venue: America First Events Center — Cedar City, UT

Article updated Dec 30, 10:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

UT Rio Grande Valley is on the road playing Southern Utah at the America First Event Center stadium on Saturday, 12/31/2022 @ 3:00pm EST. Southern Utah -13.5 was the opening

Game outlook

UT Rio Grande Valley is on the road playing Southern Utah at the America First Event Center stadium on Saturday, 12/31/2022 @ 3:00pm EST. Southern Utah -13.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Southern Utah -13.75.

UT Rio Grande Valley Highlights

With a power ranking of 314, UT Rio Grande Valley is ranked #22 in offense (scoring an average of 82.85 per game), #349 in defense (allowing an average of 78.92 points to be scored against them per game) and are 8-5 (5-5 ATS) this season.

Southern Utah Highlights

Southern Utah Thunderbirds has a power ranking of 194 and are #3 for offense (scoring an average of 89.21 per game), #274 for defense (giving up an average of 78.92 points per game) and 9-5 (5-3-2 ATS) overall. UT Rio Grande Valley went 0-0 (0-0 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Southern Utah.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict the score to be RIO 95.5, SUTAH 68. 51% of SportsJaw users predict UT Rio Grande Valley to cover. OddsShark 's prediction is Southern Utah will win, utrgv will cover, and the total will go under.

split down the middle on Covers.com

SportsJaw's ScoreCaster prediction: Vaqueros 77 to Thunderbirds 96.

Staff Prediction

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Our prediction: Vaqueros 77 to Thunderbirds 96.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NCAAB Predictions

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

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · UT Rio Grande Valley+800 → +700Moved
  • Moneyline · Southern Utah Thunderbirds-1,000 → -1,175Moved
  • Spread · UT Rio Grande Valley+13.5 (-110) → +13.75 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Southern Utah Thunderbirds-13.5 (-110) → -13.75 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over169.5 (-110) → 163.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under169.5 (-110) → 163.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

UT Rio Grande Valley
ATS unavailable · O/U unavailable
Last 0 completed games on file
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
10-22 matchup record · 5-3-2 ATS · 7-3-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-31T03:14:50.086Z). 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

  • 2022-11-25Southern Utah Thunderbirds 65 · Texas State 78
  • 2021-12-22Dixie State 59 · Southern Utah Thunderbirds 87
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Southern Utah Thunderbirds defeated UT Rio Grande Valley 94-88

Southern Utah Thunderbirds defeated UT Rio Grande Valley 94-88 on December 31, 2022, a 6-point decision in the series. Southern Utah Thunderbirds' strongest period was the overtime, when it outscored its opponent 15-9. Against SportsJaw's recorded UT Rio Grande Valley +13.75 (-110) spread, UT Rio Grande Valley covered, while the 182 combined points finished over the recorded total of 163.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • CoolioSpread · UT Rio Grande Valley +14 (-110)Win
  • CoolioTotal · Under 165.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · UT Rio Grande Valley +14 (-110)Win
  • CoversSpread · UT Rio Grande Valley +14 (-110)Win