There’s nothing like late-morning, mid-week college basketball giving us something to sweat while we grind through the work week.
The SoCon’s Mercer Bears host the Sun Belt’s South Alabama Jaguars at 11 a.m. ET this Wednesday morning.
The Bears are sitting at an ugly 2-5 with a bad loss to D-II Clark Atlanta.
Meanwhile, after a surprising run to the Sun Belt Championship Game last year, South Alabama is sitting at a similarly ugly 4-5 with a bad loss to D-II Mobile.
Yuck.
That said, any day game is a great game and I’m making this game a tad more interesting by laying some cash behind the struggling home squad.
South Alabama vs. Mercer odds (via BetMGM)
| Team | Spread | Moneyline | Total |
| South Alabama | +1.5 (-110) | +105 | o134.5 (-110) |
| Mercer | -1.5 (-110) | -130 | u134.5 (-110) |
South Alabama vs. Mercer prediction
(11 a.m. ET, ESPN+)
Mercer’s main avenue to offense is by funneling the ball into Jalyn McCreary, one of the SoCon’s most fearsome interior scorers. He’s averaging about 15 points per game since…
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