Alabama vs South Alabama College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/16/2021
South Alabama Jaguars (1-1) vs. Alabama Crimson Tide (2-0)
November 16, 2021 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: Alabama Crimson Tide -23.5 / South Alabama Jaguars +23.5; Over/Under: -148.5
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The South Alabama Jaguars and the Alabama Crimson Tide meet in college basketball action from the Coleman Coliseum on Tuesday night.
The South Alabama Jaguars will be looking to bounce back from a 64-58 loss to Wichita State in their last game. Javon Franklin leads the Jaguars in scoring and rebounding with 15 PPG and 10.5 RPG while Jay Jay Chandler has 14.5 PPG with 4.5 RPG this season. Charles Manning Jr. has 13 PPG and 4 RPG while Kayo Goncalves has 11 PPG to make up the scoring in double figures for the Jaguars so far this season. Tyrell Jones also has a team-high 3 APG for the Jaguars as well this season. As a team, South Alabama is averaging 80 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 26.7% from three and 63.4% from the foul line while allowing 52.5 PPG on 31.4% from the floor and 19.5% from three this season.
The Alabama Crimson Tide will try to add to their 102-88 dismantling of South Dakota State last time out. Jaden Shackleford leads the Tide in scoring with 20 PPG along with 6 RPG while Jahvon Quinerly has 17.5 PPG with 4.5 RPG and 5 APG on the year. Keon Ellis also has 16.5 PPG with a team-high 11 RPG and Darius Miles has 12 PPG and 3.5 APG as well this season. JD Davison also has 9 PPG with 5.5 RPG and a team-high 5.5 APG as well on the year. As a team, Alabama is averaging 98.5 PPG on 49.3% shooting from the field, 35.6% fromt here and 67.6% from the foul line while allowing 76 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field and 26.3% from three this season.
South Alabama is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 Thursday games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games while the under is 10-2-1 in their last 13 Tuesday games. Alabama is 13-5 ATS in their last 18 games as a home favorite and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games overall while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games as a favorite.
I get the allure of a bundle of points in an in-state rivalry game, as South Alabama will want to take it to the big, bad Crimson Tide here. However, the Jaguars just don’t have the horses to keep pace with Alabama here. South Alabama brought in some talented transfers, but they still managed just 58 points against Wichita State, while Alabama hung 102 and 93 on a South Dakota State team and Louisiana Tech team that far surpasses what Wichita State brings to the table I think the Tide win this one by 30+.
