Louisiana Tech vs Southern Mississippi 1/13/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Thomas Assembly Center on Thursday night.

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will be looking to bounce back from an 87-54 loss at the hands of UTEP last time out. Tyler Stevenson leads the Golden Eagles in scoring and rebounding with 12.2 PPG and 8.5 RPG while Isaih Moore has 12.1 PPG with 6.8 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Southern Miss so far this season. Walyn Napper also leads Southern Miss with a team-high 4.2 APG as well this season. As a team, Southern Miss is averaging 61.7 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field, 32% from three and 65.4% from the foul line while allowing 71.5 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field and 36% from three this season.

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs will try to build on their five-game winning streak after a 79-63 win over UTSA in their last game. Kenneth Lofton Jr. leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 16.7 PPG and 10.2 RPG, averaging a double-double per game while Amorie Archibald has 14.3 PPG and 3.7 RPG this season. Keaston Willis has 10.4 PPG with 4.1 RPG while Cobe Williams has 10.1 PPG and a team-high 3.5 APG as well on the year for the Bulldogs to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for LA Tech so far this season while also leading the team in assists. As a team, LA Tech is averaging 79 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 72.4% from the foul line while allowing 68.1 PPG on 40.8% shooting from the field and 32.7% from three this season.

Southern Miss is 1-8 ATS in their last 9 games following a loss by 20 or more points and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games while the over is 5-2-1 in their last 8 games following a loss. Louisiana Tech is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 27-10-1 ATS in their last 38 games overall while the over is 9-1 in their last 10 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.

I get why you’d lay the points with LA Tech at home here, as the Bulldogs have been solid against the spread as of late, while Southern Miss looked awful in getting beat up by UTEP on the road last time out. However, this is a lot of points to give up and Southern Miss did beat UTSA outright on the road and gave a decent East Carolina team all they could handle on the road as well. I’ll side with Southern Miss and the points in a lean here.