Montana vs Southern Miss 11/26/2021 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Montana Grizzlies meet in college basketball action from the Dahlberg Arena on Friday night.

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles come into this game looking to build on a 56-55 win over UC-San Diego last time out. Tae Hardy leads the Golden Eagles with 16 PPG while Isaih Moore has 13.7 PPG and a team-high 8.2 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Southern Miss so far this season. Tyler Stevenson also has 9.6 PPG and 8.2 RPG of his own while Walyn Napper has a team-high 4.3 APG this season. As a team, Southern Miss is averaging 65.8 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field, 28.4% from three and 71.7% from the foul line while allowing 68.7 PPG on 39.4% shooting from the field and 33% from three this season.

The Montana Grizzlies will try to build on their own 71-61 win over the Tritons last time out. Josh Bannan leads Montana with 14 PPG and 9 RPG as the top scorer and rebounder while Brandon Whitney has 12.2 PPG and 2.4 APG. Derrick Carter-Hollinger has 9.4 PPG and Cameron Parker’s dishing out a team-high 4.2 APG this season. As a team, Montana is averaging 67.8 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 77.7% from the foul line while allowing 60 PPG on 40.5% shooting from the field and 39.6% from three this season.

Southern Miss is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 Friday games and 3-9 ATS in their last 12 games as an underdog while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a win. Montana is 3-9 ATS in their last 12 home games and 9-20 ATS in their last 29 games overall while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 games as a favorite.

I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m still looking at the under. This just feels like a first to 65 kind of game to me and Southern Miss doesn’t necessarily have the most potent offense. Neither does Montana, but the Grizzlies are shooting a bit better and the defense has ben good as well. Give me the under here.