Southern Mississippi vs. Rice

Southern Miss has been terrible overall and abysmal away from home (1-12), last in the league in scoring at just 62.6 points per game. They run into a Rice squad that had a terrific season. The Owls are second in Conference USA in scoring, averaging 81.5 points per game while allowing 75.1. Sophomore guard Marcus Evans is third in the conference in scoring (18.8 points per game), while junior guard/forward Egor Koulechov is averaging 18.5 points, good for fourth-place in C-USA. Rice is also outrebounding its opponents by an average of 3.7 boards per game, 38.2-to-34.5. Rice is 8-2 ATS at neutral sites and holds all the cards. Play Rice.