The Bearkats have a solid defense and defense travels, they win games, especially when teams have to dig down in clutch moments. Sam Houston is the best team in this conference and they should win it. Utep has a solid defense as well but the Bearkats are better at it and will lock down on the Minors. Sam Houston won both games this season but only covered the spread in one of them. SH has matured into a better team at this point in time, and they are only allowing teams to shoot 39% against them while the Minors allow 43.9% against them. Sam Houston are just the better well rounded team in this match up and will win and cover this lower scoring game so the under is worth a look too.

UTEP is 3-5 ATS in its last 8. Sam Houston State is 8-0 ATS in its last 8 games. SH are 2-0 ATS at neutral site games and are 13-4 ATS at Conference Tournament games. SH are 3-1-1 ATS as an away favorite. SH are 7-3 ATS with the rest advantage. UTEP are 1-1-1 ATS at neutral site and are 3-8 ATS as an away underdog. UTEP are 0-6 ATS with the rest disadvantage.

Best bet: lay the points with Sam Houston.