North Texas vs Southern Mississippi 2/24/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the North Texas Mean Green meet in college basketball action from the UNT Coliseum on Thursday night.

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will look to snap a double-digit losing streak after a 74-60 loss to Marshall last time out. Tyler Stevenson leads the Golden Eagles in scoring and rebounding with 14.5 PPG and 7.7 RPG while Isaih Moore has 12.4 PPG with 6.6 RPG and Jaron Pierre Jr. has 10.0 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Southern Miss so far this season. Walyn Napper also leads Southern Miss with a team-high 4 APG as well this season. As a team, Southern Miss is averaging 64.1 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 31.6% from three and 68.2% from the foul line while allowing 74.4 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field and 37.2% from three this season.

The North Texas Mean Green will look to build on their double-digit win streak after a 58-57 win over UAB on the road last time out. Tylor Perry leads the Mean Green in scoring and assists with 14 PPG and 2.5 APG while Thomas Bell has 12.4 PPG with a team-high 6.8 RPG and 2.5 APG to lead the Mean Green on the glass and in assists this season. Mardrez McBride has 10.3 PPG with 3.1 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for North Texas so far this year and Abou Ousmane has 9.9 PPG with 6 RPG this season. As a team, North Texas is averaging 65.6 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field, 37% from three and 66.1% from the foul line while allowing 55.4 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field and 28.2% from three this season.

Southern Miss is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games following a double-digit loss at home and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games overall while the under is 4-0-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record. North Texas is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 17-7-2 ATS in their last 26 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.

I get that this is a ton of points to be giving up with a defensive-minded team like North Texas, but Southern Miss has been so bad this season that I could see the Golden Eagles struggle to get to 45 points. Not a game I’m rushing to the window to bet, but if forced to pick, I’d side with North Texas laying the points here.