Sam Houston vs Texas-El Paso Picks and Prediction – 1/5/2025

The Sam Houston Bearkats take a road trip Saturday with a game in El Paso against the UTEP Miners. Sam Houston is .500 on the year this season through 14 games played having won three of the last four overall following a blowout 46 point victory in their last outing. Offensively the Bearkats are scoring the ball well this season averaging 8.4 points on 46.9% shooting from the floor. Defensively Sam Houston has had some issues giving up 78 points per game overall but allowed just 65 in their respective victory. For other college basketball news see our College Basketball Picks.

Lamar Wilkerson leads the Sam Houston offense this season averaging 19 points per game. Cameron Huefner averages 14.7 points and Dorian Finister chips in 11 points per game to go along with the team leading 6.4 rebounds. Brennan Burns is averaging 6.3 points and leads Sam Houston averaged 3.4 assists.

The UTEP Miners stay home Saturday with eleven wins and three losses on the year having won four of the last five including a 19 point victory last time out. Offensively UTEP is rolling this season averaging 74.1 points on 46.2% shooting from the floor and poured in 79 last time out. Defensively the Miners have done the work as well holding opponents to 65.5 points per game after giving up just 60 points in their last game.

Otis Frazier III leads UTEP this season averaging 14.1 points and 3.1 assists per game. Corey Camper Jr. averages 12.3 points and Ahamad Bynum chips in 10.8 points per game. Devon Barnes is 4th on the team averaging 10.4 points per game. Big man Kevin Kalu averages 6.5 points and as a team leading 5.4 rebounds per contest.

The UTEP Miners are the better team in this matchup playing the better basketball coming into Saturday. Look for UTEP to do the work throughout this matchup leading to the win. Take the Miners Saturday to continue their hot hand leading to the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, UTEP Miners win and cover 76-62