Georgia Southern vs Texas-Arlington 1/8/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Texas-Arlington Mavericks (7-7) vs. Georgia Southern Eagles (7-6)
January 8, 2022 3:00 pm EDT
The Line: Georgia Southern Eagles -3 / Texas-Arlington Mavericks +3; Over/Under: +128
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The UT-Arlington Mavericks and the Georgia Southern Eagles meet in college basketball action from the W.S. Hanner Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon.
The UT-Arlington Mavericks will look to build on a fourth straight win after a 70-63 win over Georgia State last time out. David Azore leads the Mavericks in scoring with 16 PPG with 4.1 RPG as well as the lone double-digit scorer for UT-Arlington this season while Patrick Mwamba has 8.4 PPG with 4.5 RPG. Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu has a team-high 5.5 RPG and Javon Levi leads the Mavericks in assists with 4.9 APG as well this season. As a team, UT-Arlington is averaging 66.6 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 29.4% from three and 69.1% from the foul line while allowing 68.4 PPG on 38.6% shooting from the field and 33.8% from three this season.
The Georgia Southern Eagles will look to bounce back from back-to-back losses after a 74-56 loss to Arkansas State last time out. Elijah McCadden leads Georgia Southern in scoring with 11.9 PPG and a team-high 2.6 APG while Andrei Savrasov has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 6.2 RPG to lead the Eagles on the glass this season. Kamari Brown has 10.2 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Georgia Southern as well on the year. As a team, Georgia Southern is averaging 70.4 PPG on 49.2% shooting from the field, 32.6% from three and 67% from the foul line while allowing 62.2 PPG on 40% shooting from the field and 32% from three this season.
UT-Arlington is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 5-12 ATS in their last 17 road games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following an ATS win. Georgia Southern is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 home games against a team with a losing road record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a loss.
Neither of these two teams are ones I feel like backing for much of anything, but with that said, we’re getting a free bucket with the hotter team in UT-Arlington and with not much else separating these two sides, I’ll take it. Give me the Mavericks and the points.
