The Jacksonville Dolphins and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles meet in college hoops action from the Reed Green Coliseum on Tuesday night.
The Jacksonville Dolphins will look to add to their 77-48 win over UNC-Wilmington in their last matchup. Jordan Davis leads the Dolphins in scoring with 11 PPG while Mike Marsh has 10.1 PPG and 5.3 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for the Dolphins so far this season. Tommy Bruner has 8.9 PPG while Osayi Osifo has 8.3 PPG and a team-high 5.4 RPG up to this point in the year. As a team, Jacksonville is averaging 65.6 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 32.8% from three and 71.9% from the foul line while allowing 55.3 PPG on 38.4% shooting from the field and 27.9% from three this season.
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will try to bounce back from a third straight loss in the form of a 66-41 loss at the hands of Southern Illinois last time out. Tae Hardy leads the Golden Eagles in scoring with 13.7 PPG while Isaih Moore has 13.1 PPG with 6.8 RPG and Tyler Stevenson has 12 PPG with a team-high 9 RPG to lead Southern Miss on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Southern Miss so far this season. Walyn Napper also leads Southern Miss with 4.9 APG as well this season. As a team, Southern Miss is averaging 61.4 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field, 29.3% from three and 67.2% from the foul line while allowing 70.6 PPG on 42% shooting from the field and 34% from three this season.
Jacksonville is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 road games. Southern Miss is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 Tuesday games while the under is 5-1-1 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.
I find myself trying to make a case both ways, but the reality is that the scoring on both sides has been an issue, more so for Jacksonville lately while Southern Miss has had issues all season long. I think this could end up being a first to 60 wins kind of game so give me the under in this slopfest.