Arkansas vs Ole Miss College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 1/27/21

The Ole Miss Rebels and the Arkansas Razorbacks meet in college basketball action from Bud Walton Arena on Wednesday night.

The Ole Miss Rebels will look to build off of a 61-50 win over Texas A&M last time out. Devontae Shuler leads the Rebels in scoring and assists with 14.9 PPG with 4.1 APG and 1.9 steals per game while Jarkel Joiner has 10.9 PPG and Romello White has 10.4 PPG with 5.4 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Ole Miss coming into this game. KJ Buffen has 9.4 PPG with 4.6 RPG while Luis Rodriguez has 7.4 PPG and a team-high 6.8 RPG this season. As a team, Ole Miss is averaging 70.4 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 29.6% from 3-point range and 65.9% from the foul line while giving up 61.6 PPG on 40.6% shooting from the field and 35.1% from 3-point range this season.

The Arkansas Razorbacks will look to add to their 12-4 mark this year after a 92-71 win over Vanderbilt last time out. Moses Moody leads the Hogs in scoring with 17.3 PPG with 5.9 RPG while JD Notae has 13.7 PPG with 3.1 RPG and Desi Sills has 11.7 PPG with 3.8 RPG this season. Jalen Tate has 11.5 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 4.7 APG while Justin Smith has 10.9 PPG with a team-high 6.4 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Arkansas up to this point in the year. Connor Vanover also has 7 PPG with 5.6 RPG this season for the Razorbacks. As a team, Arkansas is averaging 85 PPG on 45.2% shooting from the field, 34.3% from the 3-point line and 73.4% from the foul line while giving up 70.8 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field and 31.3% from 3-point range this season.

Ole Miss is 2-6 ATS in their last 8 road games and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 13-2-1 in their last 16 games overall. Arkansas is 9-4-1 ATS in their last 14 home games and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a 20+ point win while the over is 24-6-1 in their last 31 games overall. The road team is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings between these two teams.

Getting points with Ole Miss in this spot is tempting after dominant wins in their last couple of outings. However, Ole Miss is at their best in lower-scoring games and being able to dictate a slower pace and that’s just not going to work for Arkansas. The best chance Ole Miss has is to slow things down and get physical but I just don’t see it against this high-flying Arkansas offense. I’ll lay the points with Arkansas at home in this one.