South Alabama vs Nicholls State Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/8/24

In this article, we will formulate a South Alabama vs Nicholls State Prediction for this college basketball game on Friday, November 8th, at the Stopher Gym. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-The Jaguars’ recent form and recent player performance 

-The Colonels’ recent form and recent player performance

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving South Alabama

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Nicholls State

-Recent betting trends in games played between  South Alabama and Nicholls State

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Jaguars and Colonels. 

South Alabama Fell Just Short

South Alabama faced off against Central Michigan in the last game and they were competitive but they ended up falling short. South Alabama scored 70 points, but the defense gave up 74 and that led to the defeat. At halftime, they were up 38-23, but in the second half the defense gave up 47 points and that led to the defeat. Myles Corey finished with 20 points and 11 assists so far this season. Judah Brown also put up 15 points and two rebounds on the way to the victory. In this game South Alabama is going to need to play a more complete game, something they couldn’t do in the first game. South Alabama will take on Ole Miss following this one.

Why South Alabama Will Beat Nicholls State

• South Alabama has won five of its last six night games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Nicholls State has lost four of its last five night games against the Sun Belt Conference.

Nicholls Were Competitive

Nicholls was competitive in the first game of the season against a good New Mexico team but they ended up falling short. Nicholls State scored 84 points, but the defense gave up 91 points and that led to the defeat. At halftime, they were down 48-43 and in the second half, they couldn’t bounce back Rob Brown III had a strong game putting up 23 points, four rebounds, and three assists. There were eight different players that put up at least six points and they are going to need the defense to be better. The defense was so bad and that can’t happen again here. 

South Alabama vs Nicholls State Prediction

South Alabama is going to have no issue running up the score here. Nicholls’s defense was awful in the first game and it’s going to be much of the same here. Nicholls State also scored 84 points in the first game and they are going to have no issue running up the score here. There will be zero defense played here by either team, and this game is going to end up over the total here.