Southern Mississippi vs Old Dominion Picks and Prediction – 1/4/2025

The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles go on the road to Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday afternoon to play the Old Dominion Monarchs. For other college basketball plays see our College Basketball Picks. The last game on the court for Southern Mississippi who has a record of 6-8 was a loss against James Madison. The loss came by a final score of 83-72. On the year the Golden Eagles have been below average with a total of 72.2 points per game scored. The defense, though has been bad giving up 76.2 points, most of that was against competitive teams. The rebounding for Southern Mississippi is sitting at 37.8 boards per game. Denijay Harris has been the leading scorer for Southern Mississippi with 17.2 points per game.

Old Dominion for their part heads to the game here with a 5-9 record. The last game on the court for the Monarchs was against Arkansas State. The game ended up being a convincing loss by a score of 78-59. Offensively Old Dominion has been below average with 70 points per game and on defense the Monarchs have been below average giving up 75 points per game. The rebounding for Old Dominion is sitting at 39.5 boards per game. Robert Davis Jr is leading Old Dominion in scoring with 14.8 points per game. 

The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles are 0-5 away from home so far this season. The Golden Eagles have been struggling on defense however and have been not good at covering the spread going 5-7 up till now. The Old Dominion Monarchs are rated a little lower than Southern Mississippi but will have home court advantage. The Monarchs are better on defense than Southern and will hit more shots from the floor in this matchup. Old Dominion will hit a few important free-throw shots at the end to get a close victory on their home court. Final Score Prediction, Old Dominion wins 68-64.