The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks and the Georgia Southern Eagles meet Thursday in college basketball action from Hanner Fieldhouse. LA-Monroe is 8-11 on the year. The Warhawks beat Texas State in their last game. As for Georgia Southern, they’re 11-8 this season following a loss to James Madison on Saturday. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
LA-Monroe Warhawks
Louisiana-Monroe hit a 5-9 run to open the season, beating DCC, Central Baptist, Champion Christian, Lamar and Texas State. The Warhawks are 3-2 since then with wins over Arkansas State, Georgia State and Texas State.
In the Texas State game on Saturday, the Warhawks were down 25-22 going into the second half. LA-Monroe hit a 39-33 run in the second and won 61-58. Leading scorer Jamari Blackmon put up 24 points with three rebounds.
Georgia Southern Eagles
Over on the Georgia Southern side, they were 8-6 after 14 games with losses to San Jose State, Santa Clara, Rice, FGCU, Morehead State and Ball State. The Eagles are 3-2 in their last five with losses to Old Dominion and James Madison.
Matched up against James Madison on Saturday, the Eagles were down 39-30 by halftime. Georgia Southern didn’t get any closer on a 44-41 second half and lost 83-71. Andrei Savrasov was tops in scoring on 14 points and nine boards.
ANDREW’S FREE PICK
I’ll probably stick with Georgia Southern. The Eagles didn’t play particularly well against a pretty decent James Madison team in their last outing however, so they’ll need a bounce-back effort in this one. Georgia Southern has still been scoring well lately; they’ve hit 67 or more points in five straight games. As for LA-Monroe, they’ve scored 66 or fewer points in three of their last four games, going 2-2 in that time. The Warhawks are certainly talented enough to keep the pace here, but ultimately I like the Eagles better cover-wise.