Louisiana vs South Alabama Prediction 2/28/25 College Basketball Picks

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns and the South Alabama Jaguars meet Friday in college basketball action from the Mitchell Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Louisiana vs. South Alabama prediction.

Matchup History

The South Alabama Jaguars picked up a 62-58 OT win over the Ragin’ Cajuns back on February 1st, 2025 at Louisiana, snapping Louisiana’s five-game head-to-head win streak in this head-to-head matchup.

Louisiana Recap

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns come into this game looking to add on to their 62-60 win over Southern Miss last time out to sit at 11-18 on the year.

Ragin’ Cajuns Win Three In A Row

Mostapha El Moutaouakkil leads the Cajuns in scoring and rebounding with 14.1 PPG and 5.2 RPG and Kentrell Garnett has 10.6 PPG with 2.4 RPG and 2 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for the Ragin’ Cajuns up to this point in the year. Christian Wright has 8.5 PPG. Kyran Ratliff also has 4.1 RPG while the aforementioned Wright also has a team-high 2.2 APG to lead the Ragin’ Cajuns in the assist department. As a team, Louisiana is averaging 66.5 PPG on 40.1% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three, and 73.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns will win

• The road team has won 10 of Louisiana’s last 12 games.

South Alabama Recap

The South Alabama Jaguars come into this game looking to add on to their 88-82 win over Southern Miss last time out to sit at 20-10 on the year.

Jaguars Win 6 Of Their Last 8

Barry Dunning Jr. leads the Jaguars in scoring and rebounding with 14.7 PPG and 7.1 RPG along with 2.2 APG while Myles Corey has 14 PPG with 2.4 RPG and a team-high 4.4 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for South Alabama this season while also leading the Jaguars in the assist department so far this season. Judah Brown also has 9.5 PPG with 2.7 RPG while Elijah Ormiston has 6.9 PPG with 2.4 RPG as well this season. As a team, South Alabama is averaging 73.3 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 33.3% from behind the three-point line, and 69.7% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the South Alabama Jaguars will win

• South Alabama has won eight of its last nine night games against the Sun Belt Conference at Mitchell Center.

Louisiana vs. South Alabama Prediction

I’m with South Alabama here. I get the case to be made for a decent-sized underdog in a spot like Louisiana’s, especially when the first meeting this season was as tight as it was. However, the Jaguars for my money are still one of the teams to beat in the Sun Belt, and I think that the Jaguars are just heads and shoulders the better team in this matchup. I don’t think that Louisiana is going to have an answer on the road for the Jaguars’ defense, and I just think that South Alabama will pull away in the second half and nail down a win and cover at home in this one. Give me the Jaguars laying the points here.