Conference USA Tournament: Southern Methodist-Texas El Paso

The Southern Methodist Mustangs and the Texas El Paso Miners will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at FedExForum.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Miners listed as 10½-point favorites versus the Mustangs, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

SMU was badly outplayed in the second half on Saturday, but held on to upset Rice 61-58 as slight 1.5-point underdogs. The combined score fell UNDER the posted total of 120.

Papa Dia led SMU with 20 points from 6-for-12 shooting, and Bamba Fall added 14 in the win.

Stefon Jackson had 28 points on Saturday night as the Miners defeated the Houston Cougars by a final score of 87-81

The Cougars had been favored by 2 points in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the night's posted total (158.5).

Team records:
Southern Methodist: 10-19 SU, 11-8 ATS
Texas El Paso: 17-12 SU, 11-14 ATS

Southern Methodist most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-3
After playing Rice are 4-6
After a win are 4-6

Texas El Paso most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
After playing Houston are 4-4
After a win are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Southern Methodist's last 7 games when playing Texas El Paso
Southern Methodist is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Southern Methodist is 4-14 SU in its last 18 games
Southern Methodist is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games when playing Texas El Paso
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Texas El Paso's last 5 games
Texas El Paso is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Southern Methodist
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Texas El Paso's last 7 games when playing Southern Methodist
Texas El Paso is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games

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