The South Alabama Jaguars and the Georgia State Panthers meet in college basketball action from the Georgia State Convocation Center on Saturday afternoon.
The South Alabama Jaguars will look to bounce back from a 64-50 loss to Georgia Southern last time out. Isaiah Moore leads the Jaguars in scoring and assists with 17.8 PPG and 4.9 APG while Kevin Samuel has 11.2 PPG with a team-high 9.2 RPG to lead the Jaguars in rebounding and Greg Parham II has 11.1 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for South Alabama so far this season. As a team, South Alabama is averaging 70.5 PPG on 45.3% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three and 67.5% from the foul line this season.
The Georgia State Panthers will try to bounce back from a 63-47 loss to James Madison last time out. Dwon Odom leads the Panthers in scoring and assists with 15.5 PPG and 3.5 APG while Brenden Tucker has 10.5 PPG and Evan Johnson has 10.5 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Georgia State this season. Ja’Heim Hudson has 8.1 RPG to lead the Panthers in rebounding this season. As a team, Georgia State is averaging 67.5 PPG on 41% shooting from the field, 27.5% from three and 72.7% from the foul line this season.
South Alabama is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss while the under is 11-1 in their last 12 games following an ATS loss. Georgia State is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 home games against a team with a losing road record and 3-0-1 in their last 4 games after scoring less than 50 points in their previous game while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a losing record.
I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I like Georgia State here. I just haven’t seen enough from South Alabama on the road to this point to suggest that all of a sudden they’re going to turn their fortunes around in this matchup. Georgia State’s far from a world-beater, but they play their best basketball at home and I think we get more of the same from the Panthers here. Give me Georgia State.