How to watch Southern Utah vs. UT Arlington basketball game
Who’s Playing
UT Arlington Mavericks @ Southern Utah Thunderbirds
Current Records: UT Arlington 7-9, Southern Utah 8-8
How To Watch
- When: Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. ET
- Where: America First Event Center — Cedar City, Utah
- Follow: CBS Sports App
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- Ticket Cost: $24.15
What to Know
We’ve got another exciting WAC matchup on schedule as the Southern Utah Thunderbirds and the UT Arlington Mavericks are set to tip at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at America First Event Center. Both of these teams will be coming in off a loss in a game they were expected to win.
Southern Utah is headed into Saturday’s matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Thursday. They fell 74-66 to Tarleton State.
Meanwhile, UT Arlington couldn’t handle Utah Tech on Thursday and fell 74-62. The Mavericks have now taken an ‘L’ in back-to-back games.
UT Arlington struggled to work together and finished the game with only eight assists. Sadly, that’s becoming something of a trend for them; they were averaging 15.9 assists per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they’ve fallen to only 8.4 per game.
Southern Utah’s loss dropped their record down to 8-8. As for UT Arlington, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Southern Utah hasn’t had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 75.9 points per game. However, it’s not like UT Arlington struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 76.8. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
As for their next game, Southern Utah is the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by 1.5 points. For those looking to play the spread, watch out: Southern Utah is playing as the favorites at home, but their 1-4 record against the spread as such isn’t exactly encouraging.
Odds
Southern Utah is a slight 1.5-point favorite against UT Arlington, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Thunderbirds as a 1-point favorite.
The over/under is 155.5 points.
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Series History
UT Arlington has won 2 out of their last 3 games against Southern Utah.
- Feb 22, 2024 – UT Arlington 90 vs. Southern Utah 85
- Feb 01, 2024 – UT Arlington 76 vs. Southern Utah 68
- Feb 23, 2023 – Southern Utah 86 vs. UT Arlington 76
