Mountain West foes will battle when the Utah State Aggies (9-6) take on the Air Force Falcons (10-6) at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Action starts at 9:00 pm ET on Tuesday, Jan. 12 and can be seen on RT.
The Utah State Aggies are hoping to rebound after their 77-59 loss to New Mexico on Saturday. Jalen Moore was the team’s high scorer with 17 points. The Falcons are coming off an ugly 86-63 loss at the hands of Nevada on Saturday. Trevor Lyons had a good shooting night, leading the team with 19 points.
Utah State Aggies is a nine-point favorite against Air Force and the Over/Under (O/U) for this game is set at 134 points. Even with a positive Straight Up (SU) record of 9-6, the Aggies are 4-8 Against The Spread (ATS) in those games. They are 3-7 ATS over their last 10 games.
Over on the other bench, the Falcons head into the game with records of 5-5 ATS and 10-6 SU. Air Force has been particularly bad ATS over its past 10 matchups, going 2-5.
Utah State Aggies and Air Force meet for what will be their first head-to-head battle of the season. Utah State won the last game in the matchup, bumping its SU record to 2-1 over the Falcons. The Aggies also hold the advantage ATS with a record of 2-1.
Predictions: SU Winner – UtahSt, ATS Winner – AF, O/U – Over
Notes
Utah State is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah State’s last 6 games at home.
Utah State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home.
Utah State scores just 74.1 points per home game (ranked 241st). Air Force ranks 60th in points allowed on the road, giving up 69.2 points.
The Air Force Falcons average 70.3 possessions per game and .996 points per possession. The Utah State Aggies earn fewer possessions with 67.8, but they score more points with 1.050.
Utah State has an average effective field goal percentage of 50.2%. Air Force is a losing 2-5 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
Utah State attempts an average of 21.0 three pointers per game and Air Force attempts 16.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Utah State Aggies have a 7-5 record while the Air Force Falcons have a 2-3 record.
On average, Utah State makes 5.9 steals per game. Air Force has a solid 8-5 record when it gives up at least 5 steals.
