Old Dominion Monarchs vs UTEP Miners 3/9/2022 Picks Predictions

Old Dominion Monarchs vs UTEP Miners 3/9/2022 Picks Predictions Previews

The Old Dominion Monarchs (13-18) are on their way to meet the UTEP Miners (18-12) in the C-USA Tournament Quarterfinal Round at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco on Wednesday at 9:00 PM ET.

Old Dominion concluded the regular season with a 13-18 overall standing and will be joining the C-USA tournament round 1 after a 3-1 run in their last four contests played this season.

The Monarchs lost to LA Tech on March 2 but won over Florida Atlantic and FIU including their four-point triumph over the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in their season end-game on March 5. Old Dominion is in 5th place at 8-10 in the Conference USA East Division with a 13-18 overall standing and a 3-11 road record in the regular season.

The Monarchs defeated the Blue Raiders in concluding the regular season after their defense held MTSU to 45.7% overall shooting and forced the latter to commit 16 turnovers in their 68-64 victory.

The offense for ODU was average in the final match after converting 40% of their attempts with 29.4% coming from long-range to grab the win.

Guard C.J. Keyser led the scoring for the Monarchs with 16 points while Forward Austin Trice led in rebounding with 8. Forward Kalu Ezikpe chipped in 14 points and 6 boards while Guard Jaylin Hunter added 13 points in 38 minutes of hard court action as the third double-figure scorer for Old Dominion.

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Old Dominion Monarchs vs UTEP Miners Predictions 3/9/2022

The UTEP Miners cruise to round 1 of the C-USA tournament after closing the regular season with an overall standing at 18-12 and riding a two-game winning streak. The Miners ended the regular season with a two-point victory over the North Texas Mean Green on March 5 following their victory over the Rice Owls on March 3.

Texas-El Paso took 4th place at 11-7 in the Conference USA West Division with an overall standing at 18-12 and a home record at 11-6 in the regular season.

The Miners’ offense converted 48.9% of their shots versus the Mean Green with 45.5% coming from the three-point range to score 35 points per half of their 70-68 win in closing the regular season on Saturday. Guard Souley Boum scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 assist in leading the offense for UTEP.

The Miners’ offense managed to gain an average scoring of just 69.0 PPG in shooting for 43.0% from the floor. Guard Souley Boum carried the offense for UTEP with an average scoring of 19.8 PPG as the top double-figure scorer while Guard Jamal Bieniemy pitched in with an average of 14.8 PPG as the next leading double-digit scorer. Bieniemy also dished out a team-high 3.9 assists per game for the Miners.

Old Dominion Monarchs vs. UTEP Miners. The NCAAB Pick for this outing is Texas El Paso -1.5. The Miners are the better team here both on the offense and on defense and that will be an advantage for UTEP to win round 1 of the conference tournament on Wednesday.

The Miners gain momentum after winning their last two matches in the regular season and that will be their ticket to advance in the semi-final round. Prediction: The UTEP Miners will win at 67-64.

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