Southern at California 11/18/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 11/17/2022 at 1:29 PM ET
The Southern Jaguars visit Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, California on Friday to play the California Golden Bears. Southern looks for its first victory of the season when visiting California on Friday. Southern is 0-3 following a 72-54 loss to St Marys on Saturday. The leading scorer for Southern in the loss was Brion Whitley with 15 points. Southern shot only 38.5% and was outrebounded 42-23.
Bryson Etienne is the leading scorer for Southern with an average of 21.0 points per game, while Jalen Reynolds is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.5 rebounds per game and PJ Byrd is the leader in assists with an average of 3.5 assists per game. Southern has only two players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team the Jaguars are scoring an average of 67.0 points per game.
California is also in search of its first victory of the season on Friday when hosting Southern. California is 0-3 following its 64-62 loss to UC San Diego on Tuesday. Devin Askew was the leading scorer for California with 13 points, while Grant Noel scored 12 points but the Golden Bears could not rally from a halftime deficit of 10 points.
Devin Askew is leading California in scoring and assists with averages of 16.3 points and 3.0 assists per game, while Lars Thiemann is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.0 rebounds per game. Kuany Kuany is the second leading scorer with an average of 11.3 points per game and one of three players for California averaging double-figures in scoring. California is scoring an average of only 60.3 points per game.
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Southern and California are winless at a combined 0-6 entering this matchup. The advantage here goes to California playing at home. Southern is struggling in shooting with a field goal percentage of just 36.1% overall and 31.4% from 3-point territory. The Jaguars are averaging only 67.0 points per game. At the same time, Southern is allowing an average of 77.7 points per game. California struggles scoring at 16.3 points per game but is allowing an average of only 67.3 points per game. Final Score Prediction, California Golden Bears win and cover ATS 68-61.
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