USC vs Vermont 11/15/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Vermont Catamounts and the USC Trojans meet in college basketball action from the Galen Center on Tuesday night.

The Vermont Catamounts will look to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 94-85 OT loss to Cal State-Fullerton last time out. Dylan Penn led the way for Vermont with 27 points on 9 of 17 shooting with a team-high 4 assists while Aaron Deloney added 15 points on 4 of 12 shooting with 3 assists as the only other double-digit scorer for Vermont in the losing effort. Robin Duncan also added a team-high 7 rebounds as well in the defeat for the Catamounts.

The USC Trojans will be out to build on their 96-58 rout of Alabama State last time out. Drew Peterson led the Trojans with 21 points on 7 of 9 shooting with a team-high 6 assists and 6 rebounds while Boogie Ellis added 15 points on 6 of 10 shooting with a pair of threes and 4 assists. Reese Dixon-Waters added 13 points on 5 of 9 shooting with 3 threes and Joshua Morgan added 11 points on 5 of 7 shooting while Malik Thomas added 10 points to cap off the scoring in double figures for USC in the win. Tre White chipped in a team-high 12 rebounds off of the bench while Kobe Johnson chipped in 7 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists of his own in the victory.

Vermont is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games following an ATS loss while the over is 10-3 in their last 13 road games. USC is 3-14 ATS in their last 17 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 games following a win.

I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m leaning towards USC. I just haven’t been impressed with Vermont early on and Vermont for me is a team you want on your side come conference play and tournament time. The Catamounts are usually slow starters in the step up games in non-conference play. USC had a rough start but I like some of the pieces the Trojans have going forward so I’ll lean USC’s way in this one.