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TIME: 10:00 PM EST. Saturday February 14

GAME: Colorado State Rams vs. UNLV Rebels

PLAY: 2* UNLV Rebels -17

Mountain West Conference foes Colorado State and UNLV square-off at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday evening. The Rams enter tonight’s contest off a road loss on Wednesday to BYU 94 to 60 as an 18 point road underdog while UNLV got back to their winning ways by defeating TCU at home 71 to 57 as a 13 point home favorite.

The Rebels are not only seeking a win in this contest to keep their “Dance” hopes alive but they will be seeking same-season revenge for a loss back on January 14th at Colorado State 71 to 69 as a 7.5 point road favorite. The Rams are 2-10 SU and 4-8 ATS on the road this season averaging 64.7 points per game and allowing 75.0 points per game on 48.8 percent from the field, although over their last five contests they have allowed their opponents shooting percentage to increase to 54.9 percent from the field. CSU is 47-73-3 ATS after suffering a loss in their last game, if they also went ‘over’ the total in that game they are 7-20 ATS and if they lost ATS in that game they are 1-13 ATS in their next contest. UNLV is 12-2 SU and 5-6 ATS at home this season averaging 71.9 points per game and allowing 62.5 points per game. UNLV is 81-55-2 ATS after playing at home in their last game, if they now face a conference opponent they are 46-28-1 ATS. The Rebels are also 12-2 ATS after covering the spread in two of their last three games and 7-0 ATS after losing two of their last three games straight up.

When comparing these two teams against their common opponents we see that CSU is 2-8 SU and 3-7 ATS averaging 65.0 points per game and allowing 77.5 points per game. The Rebels have done a much better job posting a record of 7-3 both SU and ATS averaging 69.6 points per game while holding their opponents to only 63.2 points per game. With significant support both fundamentally and technically we will lay the chalk here as the Rebels of UNLV get their revenge and cash the winning ticket for us on Saturday evening.

2* UNLV -17