Coastal Carolina vs South Alabama 2/17/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
South Alabama Jaguars (17-8) vs. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (13-11)
February 17, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers -1 / South Alabama Jaguars +1; Over/Under: -136.5
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The South Alabama Jaguars and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers meet in college basketball action from the HTC Center on Thursday night.
The South Alabama Jaguars will look to build on back-to-back wins after a 70-51 win over Arkansas State last time out. Jay Jay Chandler has a team-high 16.6 PPG while Charles Manning Jr. has 16.3 PPG with a team-high 3.7 APG to lead the Jaguars in assists. Javon Franklin has 11.4 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Jaguars on the glass while also capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for South Alabama so far this year. As a team, South Alabama is averaging 73.4 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 33.6% from three and 70.1% from the foul line while allowing 63 PPG on 40.3% shooting from the field and 29.4% from three this season.
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will look to build on their 79-58 win over Georgia Southern in their last game. Vince Cole leads the Chanticleers in scoring with 15.7 PPG while Essam Mostafa has 14 PPG and a team-high 9.6 RPG to lead Coastal Carolina on the glass. Rudi Williams has 13.1 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Coastal Carolina so far this season. Ebrima Dibba has 7.6 PPG with 4.4 RPG and a team-high 5.9 APG and Garrick Green has 7.3 PPG and 5.5 RPG as well so far this season. As a team, Coastal Carolina is averaging 73.5 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 36.2% from three and 68.6% from the foul line while allowing 65.2 PPG on 37.9% shooting from the field and 29.2% from three this season.
South Alabama is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. Coastal Carolina is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record and 3-9-1 ATS in their last 13 games following a win while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 gaes against a team with a winning record.
I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m leaning towards the Chanticleers in this one. Coastal has been rock solid at home, going 10-5 SU, while South Alabama’s been a solid cover team on the road, but are just 3-7 SU and in a near pick ‘em spot where the home team has covered in the last four meetings, I have to side with Coastal Carolina in this one.
