Georgia Southern vs Marshall Picks and Prediction – 1/11/2025

The Georgia Southern Eagles stay on the road Saturday with a game in West Virginia against the Marshall Thundering Herd. Georgia Southern has split their first sixteen games of the season coming into Saturday after dropping three of the last four including two in a row following a four point loss to Georgia State. Offensively Georgia Southern has scored the ball well this season averaging 73.9 points and 41.9% shooting from the floor. Defensively the Eagles have had a ton of troubles giving up 79.1 points per game overall this season and allowed 82 in their loss to Georgia State. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.

Bradley Douglas leads the Georgia Southern offense this season averaging 13.9 points per game overall. Adante’ Holiman has averaged 16.3 points per game this season for Georgia Southern but hass played just eight times. Nakavieon White averages 12.1 points to go along with the team leading 2.6 assists. Tyson Brown averages 6.1 points and leads Georgia Southern pulling in 5.3 rebounds per game.

The Marshall Thundering Herd stay home Saturday with nine wins through 17 games played having dropped three of the last four following a narrow one point loss against Troy in their last outing. Offensively the Thundering Herd have scored the ball well enough averaging 75.2 points on 43.7% shooting from the floor but scored only 57 points last time out. Defensively Marshall has been strong allowing 71.7 points per game this season through 17 games played.

Mikal Dawson leads Marshall this season averaging 12.9 points per game. Obinna Anochili-Killen is second on the roster averaging 12.5 points and Dezayne Mingo averages 10.9 points to go along with the team leading 4.6 assists per game. Nate Martin averages 9.5 points and leaves the team pulling in 7.6 rebounds per game.

Both teams have been mediocre this year as each are hovering around .500. Marshall is the better team and should get the win but Southern has the depth and talent to keep things close. Take the Herd Saturday to get the win at home but the Eagles will cover the big number. Final Score Prediction, Marshall Thundering Herd win but the Georgia Southern Eagles cover 76-71.