Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs Georgia State Panthers Prediction, 1/22/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs Georgia State Panthers

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026

Location: GSU Convocation Center in Atlanta, GA

TV: ESPN+

The Georgia State Panthers (7-12) will compete against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (11-9) at GSU Convocation Center on Thursday.

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles faced off with Texas State and took a loss by a score of 74-67 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Golden Eagles finished with 25 and Texas State had 19 personal fouls. They also buried 6 of their 13 tries from beyond the arc. Texas State finished shooting 80.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 28 of their 35 shots. Furthermore, Texas State totaled 31 rebounds (5 offensive, 26 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Texas State doled out 6 assists and had 8 steals in this game. In reference to defending, Southern Miss allowed 47.6% from the floor on 20 of 42 shooting. They also doled out 6 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 18 turnovers and having 14 steals. When it comes to rebounding, they collected 18 with 3 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Golden Eagles converted 20 of their 24 attempts for a rate of 83.3%. Southern Miss finished the contest having earned a 42.3% FG percentage (22 out of 52) and buried 3 out of their 15 shots from distance.

Tylik Weeks is a guy who came through for the contest. He finished the game shooting 53.3% from the field and earned 1 assist. He saw the court for 36 minutes played and pulled down 4 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 24 points on 8 of 15 shooting.

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Southern Miss will play this game with a mark of 11-9 on the year. They are giving up possession 13.2 times per game and as a team they are committing 18.8 fouls per contest. As a team, Southern Miss is collecting 36.8 rebounds per game and is sitting with 242 assists on the year, which has them ranked 251st in the nation in terms of passing. The Golden Eagles are hitting 29.2% on shots from 3-point land (104 of 356) and 73.8% from the free throw line. They have an average of 75.0 points per outing (227th in Division 1) while hitting 45.7% from the floor.

Defensively, the Golden Eagles are forcing 12.5 turnovers per game and they draw 19.2 personal fouls. They are giving up 35.1% on 3-pointers and they are 177th in college in PPG allowed (73.4). The Golden Eagles defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 42.6% (492 of 1,154) and they relinquish 33.2 boards per contest as a squad. They are currently ranked 208th in the nation in giving up assists with 250 conceded for the year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Georgia State Panthers took home the win by a final score of 77-57 against UL Monroe. Regarding attacking the glass, Georgia State allowed UL Monroe to collect 31 in total (5 offensive). They finished shooting 30.8% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 8 of 26 and finished the contest at 7 of 10 from the free throw line (70.0%). The Panthers permitted UL Monroe to knock down 21 out of their 62 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 33.9% in this game. At the conclusion of this game, the Panthers went 27 out of 60 from the field which gave them a rate of 45.0%. In reference to shots from distance, Georgia State buried 16 of 38 attempts (42.1%). They were able to convert 7 of those for a rate of 70.0%. UL Monroe committed 8 personal fouls in this game which got the Panthers to the charity stripe for a total of 10 tries. They gave up possession of the ball 9 times, while getting 7 steals for this game. The Panthers collected 31 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 37 in this game.

Malachi Brown ended up being a major contributor for the Panthers for this game. He made 7 of 14 in the game for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and accumulated 4 rebounds. He had 20 points in his 36 mins on the court and had 5 dimes in this game.

Georgia State has a win-loss mark of 7-12 for the season. The Panthers are committing 18.9 fouls every game while shooting 78.3% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 11.8 times per game (327th in college) and they turn the ball over 11.9 times per game. Georgia State has earned 1,342 pts for the year (70.6 per game) and they pull in 36.1 rebounds per contest. As an offensive team, the Panthers are shooting 38.4% from the field, which is ranked 364th in the nation.

The Georgia State defense gives up 34.1% on 3-pointers (157 of 460) and their opponents are making 68.2% of their free throw shots. They give up 13.5 dimes and 39.4 boards per game, which ranks them 193rd and 351st in college. The Panthers are ranked 189th in Division 1 in points given up per game with 73.9. They have forced 12.4 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 42.2% from the field (102nd in D-1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Southern Miss

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