Who’s Playing
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers @ UTEP Miners
Current Records: Western Kentucky 4-4, UTEP 3-6
How To Watch
- When:Â Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 9 p.m. ET
- Where: Sun Bowl — El Paso, Texas
- TV:Â ESPN+
- Online streaming:Â fuboTV (Try free of charge. Regional restrictions might observe.)
- Follow:Â CBS Sports App
- Ticket Cost: $5.76
What to Know
A Conference USA fight is on faucet between the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the UTEP Miners at 9:00 p.m. ET on November 4th at Sun Bowl. UTEP does have the home-field merit, however Western Kentucky is anticipated to win by means of 9 issues.
Western Kentucky began off neatly however failed to capitalize on an early lead towards Liberty. They fell 42-29 to the Flames closing Tuesday. It used to be the primary time this season that Western Kentucky let down their fanatics at domestic.
Western Kentucky’s defeat happened in spite of a top quality sport from Austin Reed, who threw for 365 yards and 4 touchdowns. Another participant creating a distinction used to be Elijah Young, who received 119 overall yards and a landing.
Meanwhile, it used to be shut, however closing Wednesday UTEP sidestepped Sam Houston for a 37-34 victory. The victory used to be simply what UTEP wanted coming off of a 28-7 loss of their prior contest.
UTEP were given their win at the backs of a number of key gamers, but it surely used to be Deion Hankins out in entrance who rushed for 117 yards and a landing on simplest 15 carries. Kelly Akharaiyi used to be any other key contributor, selecting up 126 receiving yards and a landing.
Special groups performed a large position within the sport for UTEP, including 13 issues to the general ranking. All the ones issues got here courtesy of Buzz Flabiano: he added 9 issues with 3 discipline targets, and any other 4 kicking further issues.
Liberty’s victory bumped their season file to 8-0 whilst Western Kentucky’s defeat dropped theirs to 4-4.
UTEP might be combating an uphill fight on Saturday because the mavens have pegged them because the nine-point underdog. This contest might be their 5th directly because the underdogs (thus far over this stretch they’re 2-2 towards the unfold).
Odds
Western Kentucky is a large 9-point favourite towards UTEP, in accordance to the most recent college football odds.
Bettors have moved towards the Hilltoppers fairly, as the sport opened with the Hilltoppers as a 11-point favourite.
The over/below is about at 54 issues.
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Series History
Western Kentucky has gained either one of the video games they have performed towards UTEP within the closing 6 years.
- Nov 17, 2018 – Western Kentucky 40 vs. UTEP 16
- Oct 07, 2017 – Western Kentucky 15 vs. UTEP 14
Injury Report for UTEP
- Marcus Bellon: questionable (Leg)
- Gavin Hardison: questionable (Arm)
- Jostein Clarke: questionable (Undisclosed)
- Steven Hubbard: out (Undisclosed)
- Aaron Dumas: out (Transfer Portal)
- Tyrin Smith: questionable (Undisclosed)
- Jake McNamara: questionable (Concussion)
- Trez Moore: out (Redshirt)
- Judah Ezinwa: Out for the Season (Redshirt)
Injury Report for Western Kentucky
- Michael Mathison: questionable (Hip)
- Rex Robich: out (Undisclosed)