Morehead St. Eagles vs Georgia Southern Eagles Betting Picks & Predictions
Morehead St. is on the road playing Georgia Southern at the W.S. Hanner Fieldhouse stadium on Wednesday, 12/14/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Georgia Southern -4.5 was the opening
Game outlook
Morehead St. is on the road playing Georgia Southern at the W.S. Hanner Fieldhouse stadium on Wednesday, 12/14/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Georgia Southern -4.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Georgia Southern -5.5.
The Morehead State Eagles (5-5) travel to Hanner Fieldhouse to face the Georgia Southern Eagles (6-4) at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday. The total is set at 129.5 points, with Georgia Southern as a 4.5-point favorite.
Wins and losses are alternated back to November 18th for Morehead State
Through 10 games, the Morehead State Eagles haven't won consecutive games since Nov. 12. Georgia Southern will be the Eagles' longest road trip of the season. There has only been one meeting between these two teams - in December last year, Morehead won 59-51. With a 60-65 record against current Sun Belt Conference opponents, the Eagles rank top two in the OVC in three-point percentage defense (27%, No. 25 in the NCAA), scoring defense (68.4 ppg), rebounding margin (+5.3), and blocked shots (3.8 bpg).
The Eagles are led by senior forward Alex Gross, who averages 12.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, as well as leading the OVC in offensive rebounds (3.3 oreb per game). Only Gross has recorded more than 2,000 points and 1,200 rebounds in Division I. Senior guard Mark Freeman, the team’s second-highest scorer at 12 points per game, has now scored double figures in 41 career games between Tennessee State, Illinois State and Morehead State. Preston Spradlin is just the second head coach in school history to guide his team to two straight 20-win seasons, and he's three wins away from becoming the sixth to win 100 games.