USC vs New Mexico Picks and Prediction – 11/30/2024

The USC Trojans come into Friday with five wins and two losses on the year following their last Thursday night that ended a 2 game-winning streak. Offensively USC has been solid this season averaging 79.7 points on 50% shooting the floor. Defensively the Trojans have held their own allowing just 70.5 points per game resulting in their plus .500 record. Stay up to date with our College Basketball Picks.

Offensively USC was terrible in their last outing scoring just 36 points on 26% shooting and 0% from beyond the arc. The Trojans also got outrebounded by 23 and turned the ball over 10 times in the game. Josh Cohen was the only real spark for the USC offense against St. Mary's with 12 points on nine shots at 29 minutes. The other four USC starters combined to score 7 total points on 17 total shots. The USC bench was not existent as well combining to score 17 total points on 24 shots in the game.

The New Mexico Lobos come into Friday with five wins and two losses on the year following their loss to Arizona State Thursday night. Offensively the Lobos have been phenomenal averaging 85.5 points on 46.8% shooting from the floor. Defensively New Mexico has done the work allowing 73.3 points per game this season but gave up more than 80 points against Arizona State resulting in the loss.

Donovan Dent leads the New Mexico offense this season averaging17 points and eight assists per game. Nelly Junior Joseph is second on the roster averaging 14.2 points to go along with a team leading 10 rebounds. Mustafa Amzil averages 12.8 points and Tru Washington is the 4th New Mexico player in double digits averaging 12.2 points per game.

New Mexico is the better team in this matchup and will get back to their winning ways on Friday. Look for the Lobos to control this game on both sides of the ball as they have a potent offense. Take New Mexico to do the work against an offensively challenged USC team leading to the win and cover Friday night in Palm Springs. Final Score Prediction, New Mexico Lobos win and cover 76-64.