Northwestern State Demons (1-7) at Southern Miss Golden Eagles (4-4)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Eagles -13.5; over/under is 143.5
BOTTOM LINE: Southern Miss hosts the Northwestern State Demons after Victor Hart scored 26 points in Southern Miss' 85-82 victory over the UAB Blazers.
The Golden Eagles are 2-1 in home games. Southern Miss is 2-3 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 11.3 turnovers per game.
The Demons are 0-4 in road games. Northwestern State is ninth in the Southland with 33.9 rebounds per game led by Jamison Epps averaging 7.8.
Southern Miss' average of 6.0 made 3-pointers per game is 1.3 fewer made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Northwestern State gives up. Northwestern State has shot at a 40.5% rate from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points less than the 40.8% shooting opponents of Southern Miss have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Austin Crowley is shooting 32.7% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Eagles, while averaging 16.6 points and 3.9 assists. Hart is shooting 50.5% and averaging 15.3 points for Southern Miss.
Cliff Davis is averaging 14.4 points for the Demons. Ryan Forrest is averaging 14.3 points for Northwestern State.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
