Alabama-Birmingham vs Tulsa Picks and Prediction – 1/30/2025

The UAB Blazers continue a road trip Wednesday night with a game in Oklahoma against Tulsa. UAB has twelve wins on the year following a 23 point road loss to Memphis last time out to end a long winning streak. Offensively UAB has scored the ball well this season averaging 84.4 points on 46.6% shoot on the floor but scored only 77 points in their loss to Memphis. Defensively UAB has been top tier holding opponents to 76.5 points per game this year but gave up 100 points to Memphis in their last game period stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Offensively UAB struggled last time out scoring 77 points on 38.5% shooting from the floor and 38.1% from beyond the arc. The Blazers also lost the rebounding battle by 4 and turned the ball over 16 times in the loss. Defensively UAB was matched giving up nearly 50 points in each half as Memphis shot 62% from the floor and made 9 triples in the game. Efrem Johnson led the way for UAB with 21 points on 16 shots.

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane stay home Wednesday two games below .500 on the year and have won three of the last five following a 7 point home victory against Wichita State last time out to end the two game skid. Offensively Tulsa has scored the ball well this season averaging 74.4 points of 43% shooting from the floor and scored 84 points in their last outing. Defensively Tulsa has done just enough allowing 73.8 per game overall and gave up only 77 points in their win against Wichita State.

Dwon Odom leads Tulsa this season averaging 13.6 points and 5.2 assists per game. Jared Garcia is averaging 13.5 points but has played just four times. Keaston Willis averages 13.5 points as well and Tyshawn Archie is 4th on the team averaging 10 points per game. Big man Ian Smikle averages 5.8 points to go along with the team leading 5.8 rebounds per game.

The UAB Blazers are the better team in this matchup playing the better basketball coming into Wednesday. Look for the Blazers to use their strength on both sides of the ball to overwhelm a lackluster Tulsa team. UAB will use their potent offense to get the winning cover Wednesday night on the road to inch closer to the top spot in the conference. Final Score Prediction, UAB Blazers win and cover 75-62.