Southern Miss at Longwood 3/20/19 - CBB Picks & Predictions

The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles visit Willet Hall in Farmville, Virginia on Wednesday for a CBI first round matchup with the Longwood Lancers. Southern Miss ended its regular season 20-12 overall following a 70-59 loss on Friday to Western Kentucky in the Conference-USA Tournament semifinals. The Golden Eagles were led in the loss by Tyree Griffin with 19 points, while Cortez Edwards scored 10.

Longwood ended its regular season 15-17 overall following a 77-71 loss to Hampton in the first round of the Big South Conference Tournament last Tuesday. Jaylon Wilson led the Lancers in the loss with 23 points while JaShaun Smith chipped in with 13 and Lorenzo Phillips added 12. Tyree Griffin leads the Golden Eagles in scoring with an average of 14.0 points per game. Tyree Griffin is the leader in assists with an average of 6.9 per game. Leonard Harper-Baker is the leading rebounder with an average of 8.1 per game. Southern Miss is shooting 46.7% from the field and 38.8% from 3-point territory.

Shabooty Phillips is the scoring leader for Longwood with an average of 13.7 points per game and Phillips is the assists leader with an average of 3.7 per game. Damarion Geter leads in rebounds with an average of 5.2 per game. The Lancers are shooting 42.3% from the field and 34.4% from 3-point territory.