Halftime Report
Alabama State and Southern Miss have proven as much as the recreation, however their offenses certain have not. Sitting on a rating of 35-30, Alabama State has seemed like the higher crew, however there’s nonetheless yet another half to play.
Alabama State entered the contest with three straight defeats they usually’re effectively on their method to making it 4. Can they flip issues round, or will Southern Miss hand them one other loss? Solely time will inform.
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Alabama State Hornets @ Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Present Information: Alabama State 3-5, Southern Miss 3-4
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The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will face off towards the Alabama State Hornets at 3:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at Reed Inexperienced Coliseum. The timing is certain within the Golden Eagles’ favor because the squad sits on 4 straight wins at house (courting again to final season) whereas the Hornets have been banged up by 11 consecutive losses on the street additionally courting again to final season.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Southern Miss lastly turned issues round towards Milwaukee on Saturday. They dodged a bullet and completed off the Panthers 66-65.
In the meantime, Alabama State was anticipated to have a troublesome go of it on Tuesday and that is precisely how issues performed out. There is no have to mince phrases: Alabama State misplaced to SMU, and Alabama State misplaced dangerous. The rating wound up at 101-72.
Southern Miss’ victory bumped their report as much as 3-4. As for Alabama State, their loss dropped their report right down to 3-5.
Some high-performance offense is probably going on the agenda as each are a number of the highest scoring groups within the league. Southern Miss hasn’t had any drawback operating up the rating this season, having averaged 77.1 factors per recreation. Nevertheless, it isn’t like Alabama State struggles in that division as they have been averaging 78.2. With each groups so simply capable of put up factors, the one query left is who can run the rating up increased.
Going ahead, Southern Miss is predicted to win a good contest, barring any buzzer beaters. For these seeking to play the unfold, take notice: they’re a stable 2-0 towards the unfold when enjoying at house.
Odds
Southern Miss is a slight 2.5-point favourite towards Alabama State, in accordance with the newest faculty basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had a superb really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Golden Eagles as a 1.5-point favourite.
The over/underneath is 151.5 factors.
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