Rice at Southern Miss 1/18/20 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Rice has not looked that impressive in C-USA so far. The Owls have a 1-4 record in the conference and are trailing the leaders by 3.5 games. The Owls do have a 9-9 record overall on the year. The last game on the court saw Rice get rolled up by Louisiana Tech by a score of 72-56.

The loss was an offensive production that was way off of the normal levels at 74.6 points a game on average. The Owls defense typically gives up 74.8 points a game. When it comes to rebounding the Rice team has ended up with 36.6 boards a game, but have only managed to get 13.9 assist a game.

Oddly the Owls are facing one of the teams that is playing worse than them in the C-USA. The Southern Miss Golden Eagles are 0-5 in the conference play and only 4-14 overall on the season. The last game on the court for the Golden Eagles was a 72-52 loss to North Texas.

When it comes to the offense the Golden Eagles are only getting 66.7 points a game. The Golden Eagles defense has allowed 74.8 points a game so far. The Southern Miss team has pulled down 34.3 boards a game while getting 13.9 assist a game.