Southern Mississippi vs UTEP 2/19/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
UTEP Miners (15-10) vs. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (6-19)
February 19, 2022 1:00 pm EDT
The Line: Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles +7.5 / UTEP Miners -7.5; Over/Under: +133
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The UTEP Miners and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles meet in college basketball action from the Reed Green Coliseum.
The UTEP Miners will look to build on a 63-60 win over Louisiana Tech in their last game. Souley Boum has 20 PPG with 2.9 APG so far this season while Keonte Kennedy has 13.3 PPG and a team-high 5.9 RPG to lead the Miners on the glass. Jamal Bieniemy has 15.7 PPG with a team-high 3.6 APG to lead the Miners in the assist department and to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for UTEP up to this point in the season. As a team, UTEP is averaging 68.8 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 35% from three and 76.7% from the foul line while allowing 65.9 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field and 33.6% from three this season.
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will try to snap an eight-game losing skid after a 98-79 loss in overtime to UTSA in their last game. Tyler Stevenson leads the Golden Eagles in scoring and rebounding with 15.1 PPG and 7.8 RPG while Isaih Moore has 11.5 PPG with 6.3 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 4.1 APG as well this season. As a team, Southern Miss is averaging 64.1 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three and 69.2% from the foul line while allowing 74 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field and 36.6% from three this season.
UTEP is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 7-0 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road favorite. Southern Miss is 4-10 ATS in their last 14 home games and 10-21 ATS in their last 31 games overall while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall.
Is it Ideal laying points on the road like this with UTEP? No, but it beats the alternative, even with Southern Miss being at home. The Golden Eagles have struggled to beat D-I opposition for a few weeks now and Souley Boum is more than capable of putting UTEP on his back and single-handedly blowing past Southern Miss here. The Golden Eagles are pretty much waving the white flag and I think they get beat up by UTEP so I’ll lay it and play it with the Miners here.
