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Southern Miss vs Louisiana College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/12/2021

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (1-0) vs. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (1-0)
November 12, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles -1 / Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns +1; Over/Under: +140
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The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles meet in college basketball action from the Reed Green Coliseum on Friday night.

The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns come into this one after opening their season with an 81-47 win over subdivision West Florida in their last game. Jordan Brown led the Cajuns with 14 points on 7 of 14 shooting with 7 rebounds and a team-high 4 assists while Kobe Julien added 12 points on 5 of 9 shooting and Kentrell Garnett had 10 points on 4 of 7 shooting with a pair of threes to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Louisiana in the win. Theo Akwuba also chipped in 9 points with a team-high 8 rebounds. As a team, Louisiana shot 47.9% from the field, 27.6% from three and 45.5% from the foul line in the win.

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will look to build on their 81-67 win over subdivision William Carey last time out. Tae Hardy led the Golden Eagles with 30 points on 10 of 16 shooting with 4 threes, 4 assists and a pair of steals while Jaron Pierre Jr. had 16 points on 6 of 12 shooting with 4 threes. Rashad Bolden had 13 points and Isaih Moore had 10 points with 11 rebounds and a pair of steals to cap off the scoring in double figures for USM in the win. As a team, Southern Miss shot 45.9% from the field, 41.7% from three and 68.2% from the foul line in the win.

Louisiana is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win and 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 road games. Southern Miss is 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games while the under is 9-2 in their last 11 games following a win.

This is a tough one to call as there’s really not much to go off of with both sides playing subdivision teams in their openers. With that said, Southern Miss has some solid pieces in their lineup, but the Golden Eagles still have to show us that they’re capable of knocking down shots, which is something that we didn’t see a ton of last year. Louisiana has some cohesion to build as well, but side-by-side, I like what Louisiana has going for them just a bit more so I’ll take the free point with the Cajuns here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Louisiana +1

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