Southern Mississippi vs Marshall 2/21/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Marshall Thundering Herd (10-17) vs. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (6-20)
February 21, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles +5.5 / Marshall Thundering Herd -5.5; Over/Under: +152
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The Marshall Thundering Herd and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles meet in college basketball action from the Reed Green Coliseum on Monday night.
The Marshall Thundering Herd will look to bounce back from a 99-84 loss to Charlotte last time out. Taevion Kinsey leads the Herd in scoring with 19.2 PPG along with 5.1 RPG and 4.4 APG while Obinna Anochili-Killen has 12.1 PPG and a team-high 6.3 RPG to lead Marshall on the glass. Andrew Taylor has 13.9 PPG with 5.2 RPG and a team-high 4.5 APG to lead the Herd in assists and round out the group of double-digit scorers for Marshall so far this season. As a team, Marshall is averaging 74.9 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 29.3% from three and 70.6% from the foul line while allowing 74.4 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 37.3% from three this season.
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will hope to snap a nine-game losing skid after an 84-70 loss to UTEP last time out. Tyler Stevenson leads the Golden Eagles in scoring and rebounding with 14.5 PPG and 7.6 RPG while Isaih Moore has 12.1 PPG with 6.5 RPG and Jaron Pierre Jr. has 10.1 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 64.3 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the field, 31.9% from three and 68.5% from the foul line while allowing 74.4 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 37.3% from three this season.
Marshall is 1-7 ATS in their last 8 road games and 0-2-2 ATS in their last 4 games following a double-digit loss at home while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 road games against a team with a losing home record. Southern Miss is 4-11 ATS in their last 15 home games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 5-0-1 in their last 6 games following a double-digit loss at home.
I get the case to be made for both sides, but I’m leaning towards the over here. I don’t trust either offense but the defense has been so bad on both sides that it could make the offenses a lot more effective than they would normally be. Not a game I’m rushing to the window to bet, but I’ll back the over here.
