Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/30/2021

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles (7-9) are heavy, 11-point underdogs as they try to turn around a three-game losing streak when they visit the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (13-5) on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Thomas Assembly Center. The matchup airs at 3:00 PM ET on ESPN+. The matchup's over/under is 131.5.

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ATS Records for Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss

Louisiana Tech Leaders

• Kalob Ledoux leads the Bulldogs in scoring, averaging 12.1 points per game.
• Cobe Williams leads the team with 3.1 assists a game and Kenneth Lofton Jr. paces the squad with 6.7 rebounds per matchup.
• The Bulldogs are led by Ledoux from long distance. He makes 1.9 shots from deep per game.
• Williams leads the team with 1.2 steals per game. Andrew Gordon collects 0.6 blocks an outing to pace Louisiana Tech.

Southern Miss Leaders

• Tyler Stevenson is at the top of the Golden Eagles scoring and rebounding leaderboards with 13.9 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game this season.
• Tae Hardy puts in work handing out assists and is Southern Miss' assist leader with 3.1 per game.
• The Golden Eagles are paced by LaDavius Draine from beyond the arc -- he knocks down 2.1 shots from deep per game.
• Nobody on Southern Miss grabs more steals than Hardy (1.4 per game) or blocks more shots than DeAndre Pinckney (0.6 per game).

Louisiana Tech vs Southern Miss: Last 5 Meetings

Louisiana Tech has won four of its last five matchups against Southern Miss. The Bulldogs have a 3-0 record against the spread in those games against the Golden Eagles.

Points Insights

• The Bulldogs average 73.9 points per game, 9.5 more points than the 64.4 the Golden Eagles give up.
• Louisiana Tech is 11-0 against the spread and 12-2 overall when scoring more than 64.4 points.
• When Southern Miss gives up more than 73.9 points, it is 1-3 against the spread and 0-4 overall.
• The Golden Eagles put up just 1.5 fewer points than the Bulldogs allow (66.8).
• In games when it scores more than 66.8 points, Southern Miss is 3-0 against the spread and 4-2 overall.
• Louisiana Tech's record is 6-4 overall and 6-4 against the spread when it gives up more than 65.3 points to its opponents.
• The Bulldogs have out-scored their opponents by a total of 128 points this season (7.1 points per game on average), and the Golden Eagles have put up just 14 more points than their opponents on the year (0.9 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Bulldogs and the Golden Eagles rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 36.6 and 32.3 boards per game, respectively.
• The Bulldogs are 8-3 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Golden Eagles are 1-4 when they lose the rebounding advantage.
• The Bulldogs average 9.3 offensive boards per game, more than the Golden Eagles by 1.4 rebounds per contest.
• The Bulldogs are 5-4 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Golden Eagles are 3-4 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Both teams tend to win the board battle. The Bulldogs record an average rebounding margin of +3.3 rebounds per game, and the Golden Eagles average a margin of +2.9 rebounds.