The Samford Bulldogs and the Ole Miss Rebels meet in college basketball action from the Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss on Tuesday night.
The Samford Bulldogs come into this game looking to add to their 85-84 win over Kennesaw State last time out. Ques Glover leads the Bulldogs in scoring and assists with 19.1 PPG and 4.4 APG while Jermaine Marshall has 12.4 PPG with a team-high 9.2 RPG to lead the Bulldogs on the glass. Jaden Campbell has 10.5 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Samford so far this season while Wesley Cardet has 9.7 PPG and 4.3 RPG as well this season. As a team, Samford is averaging 76.8 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 33.7% from three and 73.3% from the foul line while allowing 72 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field and 32.6% from three this season.
The Ole Miss Rebels will try to add to a 76-68 win over Dayton in their last game. Jarkel Joiner leads the Rebels in scoring with 14.7 PPG while also adding 2.9 APG while Daeshun Ruffin has 11.7 PPG. Nysier Brooks has 9 PPG with a team-high 7.8 RPG to lead Ole Miss on the glass while Austin Crowley has a team-high 3.4 APG as well this season. As a team, Ole Miss is averaging 70.2 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 30.7% from three and 68.6% from the foul line while allowing 62.4 PPG on 40.2% shooting from the field and 27.4% from three this season.
Samford is 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a win and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 7-0-1 in their last 8 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Ole Miss is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 Tuesday games and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games against a team with a road winning percentage above .600 while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 games overall.
I get the case to be made for the Bulldogs and the points here, but the Bulldogs have also had some close calls against some subpar opposition as of late and those games were at home, making it hard for me to get behind Samford here. Ole Miss has picked up some solid wins lately and more often than not have been finding different ways to win games. Given recent from between the two, I feel better laying the points with the Rebels here.