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Rice Owls vs. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
The Rice Owls and the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Reed Green Coliseum.
Oddsmakers opened the Golden Eagles as -1-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 140.5.
Southern Mississippi was a 72-52 loser in their most recent outing at home against Mean Green. They failed to cover the +6.5-point spread as underdogs.
Rice was a 72-56 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Bulldogs. They failed to cover the +14.5-point spread as underdogs.
Rice:
Team record: 9-9 SU,8-8 ATS
Rice is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Rice is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Rice's last 6 games
Southern Mississippi:
Team record: 4-14 SU,4-10-1 ATS
Current Streak: lost 5 straight games.
Southern Mississippi is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
Southern Mississippi is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Southern Mississippi is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games at home
Next up:
Rice at North Texas Monday, January 20
Southern Mississippi at UAB Thursday, January 23