Marshall vs North Texas 1/13/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The North Texas Mean Green will travel to the Cam Henderson Center to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd this Thursday night in College Basketball action.

The North Texas Mean Green improved to 9-4 on the season after defeating the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, 70-63, this past Saturday. North Texas led by a 36-33 margin at halftime and was able to pull away in the 2^nd half after taking a 61-50 lead with 5:37 left in regulation. North Texas shot 50.0% from the field & 58.8% from beyond the arc while holding Middle Tennessee to just 38.6% shooting from the field & 25.0% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Mean Green was Tylor Perry who had 25 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, & 1 steal in 28 minutes from off the bench.

On the season, North Texas is averaging 66.7 ppg on 42.8% shooting from the field. The Mean Green are averaging 8.2 three-pointers per game on 33.5% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, North Texas has been led by Tylor Perry (15.1 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.4 spg), Thomas Bell (11.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.5 apg), Mardrez McBride (9.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.0 apg), & Rubin Jones (9.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.2 apg).

Defensively, North Texas is holding their opponents to an average of 55.8 ppg on 41.3% shooting from the field. The Mean Green have a rebound margin of 3.7 and a turnover margin of 2.4.

The Marshall Thundering Herd lost their 5^th straight game and dropped to 7-8 on the season after being defeated by the FAU Owls, 90-77, this past Saturday night. Marshall had no answers on the defensive end for FAU and could not fight back after the Owls took a 78-67 lead with 5:24 left in regulation. Marshall shot 43.1% from the field & 36.4% from beyond the arc while allowing FAU to shoot 53.6% from the field & 36.4% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Thundering Herd was Obinna Anochili-Killen who had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist.

On the season, Marshall is averaging 76.8 ppg on 43.4% shooting from the field. The Thundering Herd are averaging 7.1 three-pointers per game on 28.0% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Marshall has been led by Taevion Kinsey (19.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 4.0 apg), Obinna Anochili-Killen (13.8 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 4.1 bpg), Andrew Taylor (12.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 4.9 apg, 2.3 spg), & Darius George (8.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.0 spg).

Defensively, Marshall is allowing their opponents to average 76.5 ppg on 43.8% shooting from the field. The Thundering Herd have a rebound margin of 0.9 and a turnover margin of 0.7.

The Mean Green are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games vs. Marshall and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 road games. The Thundering Herd are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games & 3-10 ATS in their last 13 home games.

North Texas has been led by their defense which ranks 3^rd in scoring defense & 111^th in defensive FG%, however, the Mean Green haven’t been able to do much on the offensive end this season and come into this game ranked just 288^th in scoring offense & 250^th in FG%. The Thundering Herd have been led by their offense which ranks t-78^th in scoring offense, however, Marshall haven’t shot the ball that well this season (219^th in FG% & 337^th in 3P-FG%) and the defense has allowed a bunch of points as they currently rank just 321^st in scoring defense & 237^th in defensive FG%.

Marshall is known for their fast-paced offense, however, the Thundering Herd have struggled on the offensive end this season against solid defenses and have had no answers slowing down opposing offenses. North Texas has been great ATS on the road as of late and as I see their defense giving Marshall a bunch of trouble in this one, I think that Tylor Perry and the North Texas offense does enough to get us a road cover. Good Luck!