Southern Miss Golden Eagles

From 7 February to the Sun Belt semifinal, the Golden Eagles won seven of ten, covered eight and made 6.75 moneyline units. A month earlier they had lost five straight, and every Southern Miss prediction above weighs the two halves.

Five straight in January

Between 14 and 29 January Southern Miss lost five in a row and covered none, starting 65-91 at Troy getting 8.5 and ending 63-70 at home to App State. January closed 5-5 with four covers and 2.73 units lost.

The last ten

The turn came on 7 February with a 66-65 home win over Kent State at +180. Over the last ten games the Golden Eagles won seven, covered eight and made 6.75 units. Most of it came as underdogs: 69-65 over Troy at +180, 68-55 at South Alabama at +170, and in the Sun Belt tournament three wins in three days, over James Madison at +114, Texas State at +110 and App State at +170. Troy ended the run, 78-70 in the semifinal.

Home, road and the season

Southern Miss finished 19-16 and covered 17 of 33. At home the moneyline made 2.94 over 11 games; on the road it lost 7.21 over 15, with a 4-11 record. As favorites they won 9 of 10. Grambling split two meetings with Southern Miss, a 70-75 loss there in November and a 68-60 home win in December laying 8.5, and Southern Miss covered neither.

The total

Twenty of 33 priced totals went over; 34 teams had a higher over rate. All four Sun Belt tournament games went over.

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