Louisville vs Ole Miss Prediction 12-3-24 College Basketball Picks

The Ole Miss Rebels and the Louisville Cardinals meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the KFC Yum! Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Louisville vs Ole Miss Prediction.

Ole Miss Recap

The Ole Miss Rebels come into this one looking to bounce back from an 80-78 loss to Purdue in their last matchup to fall to 6-1 on the year. After this game, Ole Miss will head home for a matchup with Lindenwood.

Rebels Take First L Of The Year

Jaylen Murray leads the Rebels in scoring and assists with 14.6 PPG along with 4.9 APG while Matthew Murrell has 13.3 PPG with 2.7 SPG. Sean Pedulla’s added 13 PPG with 4 RPG and 3.1 APG while Jaemyn Brakefield has 11.1 PPG with 6 RPG and Dre Davis has 11 PPG with 5 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Ole Miss so far this season. Malik Dia has 6.9 PPG with a team-high 5.9 RPG to lead the Rebels on the glass so far this season. As a team, Ole Miss is averaging 82.6 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field, 36.4% from three and 76.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Ole Miss Rebels will win

• Ole Miss has won each of its last 12 night games against non-Conference opponents.
• Louisville has lost each of its last eight night games against AP-ranked opponents.

Louisville Recap

The Louisville Cardinals come into this one looking to bounce back from a 69-64 loss to Oklahoma last time out. After this game, Louisville will kick off conference play with a home date with Duke.

Cardinals Looking To Rebound

Chucky Hepburn leads the Cardinals in scoring and assists with 14.6 PPG and 4.6 APG while Reyne Smith has 13.1 PPG with 3.3 RPG and Kasean Pryor has 12 PPG with 6.1 RPG, but is expected to miss the rest of the season with an injury. Terrence Edwards Jr. has 11.1 PPG with 3.6 RPG and 2.6 APG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Louisvills so far this season. J’Vonne Hadley also has 9.4 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Cardinals on the glass so far this year. As a team, Louisville is averaging 79.4 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field, 28.7% from three and 70.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the Louisville Cardinals will win

• Louisville has won four of its last five games.

Louisville vs Ole Miss Prediction

I’m on Ole Miss here. The Cardinals are a solid team, but I don’t think you can understate the loss of Kasean Pryor to Louisville, and this is a Cardinals team that has had to adopt the Pat Kelsey approach of bombing away threes. The problem is that Louisville isn’t hitting them at a high rate and this is still a solid Chris Beard coached defense. I think Ole Miss keeps themselves in this game, so give me the points with the Rebels here.