Southern Mississippi at North Texas - 2/24/22 College Basketball Picks and Prediction
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North Texas Mean Green (20-4) vs Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (6-21)
Game Info: Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 8:00 pm (The Super Pit)
Betting Odds: North Texas Mean Green -21 -- Over/Under: 121.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles will travel to play the North Texas Mean Green in a Conference USA game on Thursday.
The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles are 6-21 (1-13) this season and have lost ten games in a row. Southern Mississippi is coming off of a loss against Marshall by a score of 74-60. Southern Mississippi only shot 38.1% from the field and turned the ball over 15 times in the loss. Isaih Moore led the Golden Eagles with 19 points and 9 rebounds in the game. Southern Mississippi is averaging 64.1 points per game and is giving up 74.4 points per game against, while also averaging 34.4 rebounds per game and 12.6 assists per game. Tyler Stevenson is averaging 14.5 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game, while Isaih Moore is averaging 12.4 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game for the Golden Eagles. Southern Mississippi is shooting 43% on field goals, 68.2% on free throws, and 31.8% on three pointers.
The North Texas Mean Green are 20-4 (13-1) this season and have won 12 games in a row. North Texas defeated UAB by a score of 58-57 in their last game. North Texas shot 43.5% on field goals and made 8 three pointers in the win. Tylor Perry led the Mean Green with 25 points and 2 rebounds in the game. North Texas is averaging 65.6 points per game and is giving up 55.4 points per game against, while also averaging 33.9 rebounds per game and 11.4 assists per game. Tylor Perry is averaging 14 points per game and 2.5 assists per game, while Thomas Bell is averaging 12.4 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game for the Mean Green. North Texas is shooting 44.6% on field goals, 66.1% on free throws, and 37% on three pointers.
Southern Mississippi is 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games and 5-17 ATS in their last 22 games following an ATS loss. The over is 6-1 in Southern Mississippi’s last 7 games. North Texas is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games and 8-2-2 ATS in their last 12 Thursday games. The under is 4-1 in North Texas’ last 5 games. The road team is 4-1 ATS in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings.
North Texas comes into this game as the much better team and should win this game easily. Southern Mississippi has struggled to even be competitive this season, but does average more rebounds per game than the Mean Green. I am taking North Texas to win in a blowout here.
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David’s Pick North Texas -21
AUTHOR: David Racey
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