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01/17/2007 - Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sophomore forward Robert Dozier scored a team- high 15 points and also grabbed eight rebounds as 17th-ranked Memphis ran over UAB, 79-54, at FedEx Forum.
Jeremy Hunt contributed 14 points for Memphis (14-3, 4-0 C-USA), which has won six in a row. Willie Kemp added 12 points and five rebounds, while Chris Douglas-Roberts, the team's leading scorer this season, played only two minutes because of a sprained ankle and went to the locker room early on.
Wen Mukubu netted 18 points and had five rebounds for the Blazers (10-8, 2-2), who had their two-game winning streak snapped. Lawrence Kinnard scored 13 points and also had five boards, while Paul Delaney III ended with 12 points and dished out five assists.
UAB jumped out to an early 11-7 lead, paced by Delaney and Mukubu, who knocked down a jumper at 15:50 for the four-point edge. The Tigers, however, easily clawed their way back, grabbing their first lead of the contest, 19-17, on Doneal Mack's short jumper at 10:44.
The basket, preceded by Mack's trey, ignited a 10-0 run by Memphis, which held a 29-17 edge with 6:08 to play in the front half.
The Blazers made just four more shots down the stretch, while the Tigers continued to set the pace offensively. A jumper by Mack gave them a 16-point cushion, while Antonio Anderson followed with a layup at 1:18. UAB responded with a couple of quick baskets, but Joey Dorsey's dunk with just three ticks remaining propelled Memphis to a 42-26 halftime lead.
The Tigers were never threatened in the second half as they opened a 25-point lead with 12:03 to play in the contest.
UAB shot 44 percent from the hardwood, while Memphis knocked down 49 percent of its shots.
Game Notes
The contest marked the 33rd all-time meeting between the two schools on the hardwood. The Tigers hold a 23-10 series lead, and have won eight straight over UAB at home...Anderson had a career-high nine assists for Memphis...The Tigers had 42 rebounds, while the Blazers finished with 22.
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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