San Jose State Spartans (15-10) vs. UNLV Rebels (16-9)
Week 15 of the 2022-23 NCAA men’s basketball season is in full swing Tuesday, February 14, as the San Jose State Spartans take on the UNLV Rebels in this Mountain West Conference clash at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This is the second meeting of the season between these teams. The Spartans defeated the Rebels on December 28 in overtime, 75-2. UNLV was favored by 5.0 and that contest with the total set at 134.5. No line or total was set for this contest at the time this analysis was written.
The San Jose Spartans (15-10, 16-8-0 ATS) trailed Utah State by one at the half but rallied for a 69-64 victory over the Aggies on Saturday. That moved the Spartans to 6-6 in the conference as they have split their last eight games. San Jose is 3-7 on the road and is 6-4 ATS in their last 10.
San Jose struggled from three-point range, hitting four of 18 shots, but a 17-25 performance at the line helped to boost this team to victory. Omari Moore led the team with 27 points, hitting nine of 21 shots, including going 8-9 from the free-throw line. Sage Tolbert was the only other player to score in double digits, chipping in 10 and adding five boards.
He waits and he wait and he waits and then he scores! @omari_moore13 #AllSpartans | #RunToTheFight pic.twitter.com/JC09A3Cgzv
— San Jose State Men's Basketball (@SanJoseStateMBB) February 12, 2023
San Jose State is 100 in the KenPom rankings. They are averaging 110.8 points per 100 possessions (71st) while allowing 104.2 points per 100 possessions (156th). This is a much better defensive team than they are offensively, ranked 78th in the country in points allowed per game (66.2), including allowing just 42.0% shooting by opponents (91st). In the conference, the team is averaging 67.5 points per game while holding teams to 67.8 per contest.
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