The UTEP Miners (2-2) visit the Arizona State Sun Devils (4-2) in a Wednesday night non-conference affair at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Ariz. Tip-off is at 9 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the UTEP-Arizona State college basketball betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
UTEP at Arizona State: Betting odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday at 8 a.m. ET.
- Money line: UTEP +725 (bet $100 to win $725) | Arizona State -1250 (bet $1,250 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: UTEP +14 (-120) | Arizona State -14 (+100)
- Over/Under: 148 (O: -115 | U: -105)
UTEP at Arizona State: Three things to know
- Junior G Souley Boum is shooting 54.2% (13-for-24) from 3-point range. Boum — who averaged 12.9 points per game last season — is leading the Miners in scoring in 2020-21 with 23.5 PPG.
- The Sun Devils are playing at home for the first time since being dumped at Desert Financial by San Diego State last Thursday. Arizona State was favored by 2 points but fell 80-68. ASU was undone on the glass (38-32) and yielded a 50.8% effective field-goal mark on defense. The Devils had been 7-1 over their previous eight games on home hardwood.
- Against the spread, UTEP has won four straight lined games away from home. Dating back to Jan. 23, the Miners are 5-1-2 ATS when playing on the road. UTEP covered as a 16.5-point underdog at Arizona Saturday.
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UTEP at Arizona State: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Arizona State 82, UTEP 72
Money line (ML)
There is some value on the Miners with the points, but the straight up action IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
Against the spread (ATS)
Arizona State has gone a mere 10-19-1 ATS since Dec. 7, 2019. Over that span, the Sun Devils have gone 5-11 ATS at home.
UTEP was within two possessions of Arizona for large swaths of the second half of Saturday’s game in Tuscon. The Miners have been solid in their two NCAA-I games and without the benefit of much production from the free-throw line or from beyond the 3-point arc.
TAKE UTEP +14 (-120).
Over/Under (O/U)
The Sun Devils swim in the deep end of the pace pool. Their pace figures rank as top-10 this season and were top-20 last. The Over is 10-6 — with six straight wins — in ASU’s last 16 contests. The Devils’ most recent three games don’t include lofty offensive totals, but two of those efforts were against good defenses.
Peg this total as depressed a bit: BACK THE OVER 148 (-115).
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