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UTSA Roadrunners @ North Texas Mean Green

Current Records: UTSA 9-11, North Texas 16-4

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If the oddsmakers' predictions hold true, the near future looks bright for North Texas. They and the UTSA Roadrunners will face off in an American Athletic battle at 6:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at The Super Pit. The Mean Green will be looking to keep their 11-game home win streak alive.

North Texas is headed into this one after the oddsmakers set last week's over/under low at 134, but even that wound up being too high. They managed a 58-54 victory over Wichita State on Wednesday.

North Texas can attribute much of their success to Moulaye Sissoko, who went 7 for 11 en route to 16 points plus six rebounds.

Meanwhile, UTSA suffered a bruising 94-74 defeat at the hands of FAU on Wednesday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for the Roadrunners in their matchups with the Owls: they've now lost five in a row.

UTSA's defeat came about despite a quality game from Damari Monsanto, who went 7 for 9 from beyond the arc en route to 21 points. The dominant performance gave Monsanto a new career-high in threes. Another player making a difference was Marcus Millender, who scored 19 points in addition to two steals.

North Texas is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for UTSA, their loss dropped their record down to 9-11.

North Texas strolled past UTSA when the teams last played two weeks ago by a score of 72-57. Will North Texas repeat their success, or does UTSA have a better game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

Odds

North Texas is a big 15.5-point favorite against UTSA, 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 Mean Green as a 14.5-point favorite.


The over/under is 136.5 points.

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Series History

North Texas has won 7 out of their last 10 games against UTSA.

  • Jan 18, 2025 - North Texas 72 vs. UTSA 57
  • Feb 24, 2024 - UTSA 64 vs. North Texas 62
  • Jan 26, 2023 - North Texas 63 vs. UTSA 59
  • Dec 22, 2022 - North Texas 78 vs. UTSA 54
  • Mar 03, 2022 - North Texas 59 vs. UTSA 48
  • Feb 05, 2022 - North Texas 69 vs. UTSA 45
  • Jan 09, 2021 - UTSA 77 vs. North Texas 69
  • Jan 08, 2021 - North Texas 77 vs. UTSA 70
  • Jan 23, 2020 - North Texas 98 vs. UTSA 78
  • Jan 12, 2019 - UTSA 76 vs. North Texas 74