Southern vs Florida A&M 2/28/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Florida A&M Rattlers and the Southern Jaguars meet in college basketball action from the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Monday night.

The Florida A&M Rattlers will look to build on a 79-73 win over Grambling last time out. MJ Randolph leads Florida A&M across the board with 19.2 PPG and 3.8 APG with 2.1 SPG as well as 6.4 RPG this season. Jalen Speer also has 10.7 PPG while Bryce Moragne has 10 PPG with a team-high 6.6 RPG to lead the Rattlers on the glass this season. As a team, Florida A&M is averaging 65.2 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field, 30.2% from three and 70.2% from the foul line while allowing 69.3 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field and 34.8% from three this season.

The Southern Jaguars will try to bounce back from back-to-back losses after an 87-84 OT loss to Bethune-Cookman last time out. Tyrone Lyons leads the Jaguars in scoring with 13.7 PPG along with 4.6 RPG while Brion Whitley has 12.5 PPG and Jayden Saddler has 10.9 PPG with a team-high 4.3 APG to lead the Jaguars in assists and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Southern up to this point in the season. Terrell Williams has 9.8 PPG and Damien Sears leads the Jaguars on the glass with 5.4 RPG as well this season. As a team, Southern is averaging 71.3 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 37% from three and 70.2% from the foul line while allowing 66.7 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field and 29.2% from three this season.

Florida A&M is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 road games and 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games following a win while the over is 3-1-1 in their last 5 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600. Southern is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss while the under is 25-8 in their last 33 Monday games.

I get why Southern’s favored at home, but there’s not nearly as much parity in the SWAC as there is in other conferences and a lot of times, you see road underdogs not just cover, but win games outright when catching any number of points. Florida A&M’s been a solid road team and I think they can keep this one somewhat close, so give me Florida A&M and the points here.