The South Alabama Jaguars look for a win after splitting their last 8 games. The Mercer Bears need a win after losing 4 of their last 5 games. Let’s preview this game and give out a South Alabama Jaguars vs Mercer Bears prediction.

South Alabama Jaguars Betting Preview 

The South Alabama Jaguars are coming off back to back losses to Maryland and Jacksonville State. The South Alabama Jaguars are averaging 70.7 points on 43.5 percent shooting and allowing 76.9 points on 46.4 percent shooting. Isiah Gaiter is averaging 15 points and 4.3 rebounds, while Julian Margrave is averaging 11.2 points and 0.5 assists. Maxwell Land is the third double-digit scorer and Marcus Millender is grabbing 2.7 rebounds. The South Alabama Jaguars are shooting 30.9 percent from beyond the arc and 72.7 percent from the free throw line. The South Alabama Jaguars are allowing 33.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29.1 rebounds per game.

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Mercer Bears Betting Preview 

The Mercer Bears are coming off losses to Western Michigan and Georgia. The Mercer Bears are averaging 65.4 points on 42.8 percent shooting and allowing 73.6 points on 48.3 percent shooting. Jalyn McCreary is averaging 13.7 points and 5 rebounds, while Robby Carmody is averaging 10.7 points and 2.1 rebounds. Amanze Ngumezi is dishing 0.9 assists and Jake Davis is grabbing 4.1 rebounds. The Mercer Bears are shooting 33.6 percent from beyond the arc and 61.9 percent from the free throw line. The Mercer Bears are allowing 37.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 26.6 rebounds per game.

South Alabama vs Mercer prediction

The South Alabama Jaguars can make a case that they’re the better team, but they haven’t shown much fight defensively, and that makes them hard to back on the road. The Mercer Bears aren’t pretty record wise, but they’ve had a tough schedule up to this point. I believe Mercer is better than what the numbers indicate, it just needs a more winnable spot. This is it. Mercer shows improvement on the offensive side and gets a much-needed win. I’ll lay the bucket with the Bears.