Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (5-2) at UAB Blazers (4-4)

Birmingham, Alabama; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blazers -7.5; over/under is 155.5

BOTTOM LINE: UAB faces Middle Tennessee after Alejandro scored 25 points in UAB’s 98-86 win over the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns.

The Blazers are 3-1 on their home court. UAB is eighth in the AAC with 24.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Yaxel Lendeborg averaging 6.0.

The Blue Raiders are 1-0 on the road. Middle Tennessee is fourth in the CUSA with 35.9 rebounds per game led by Essam Mostafa averaging 8.6.

UAB makes 48.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.0 percentage points higher than Middle Tennessee has allowed to its opponents (43.3%). Middle Tennessee averages 6.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.5 per game UAB allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lendeborg is scoring 17.8 points per game and averaging 8.9 rebounds for the Blazers.

Jestin Porter is averaging 16.7 points and 1.6 steals for the Blue Raiders.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.