Georgia Southern Eagles (4-3) vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (5-2)
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Georgia Southern head coach Brian Burg served as an assistant under Chris Beard at Texas Tech and has made defense the team’s identity in Statesboro. Last season, the Eagles ranked among the conference’s leaders in scoring defense at 65.6 points per game allowed while posting the second-best defensive field-goal percentage in school history at .410. Georgia Southern returns four starters, all of whom averaged at least seven points per game last season. Redshirt seniors Andrei Savrasov and Carlos Curry anchor the Eagles’ frontcourt and lead the team in scoring at 12.5 and 10.3 points per game, respectively. The backcourt is led by fifth-year seniors Kamari Brown (9.3 ppg) and Jalen Finch (8.4 ppg). Burg turned to the transfer portal to improve the Eagles’ offense, bringing in guards Jaylen Finch (Jacksonville State) and Tai Strickland (Temple), both of whom are contributing 20-plus minutes per game. Florida Gulf Coast is a money-burning 4-11 ATS in its last fifteen road affairs, including 2-9 ATS versus teams with a winning home record and 1-7 ATS versus foes with a .601 or greater home mark. Finally, my math model only favors Florida Gulf Coast by 2.67 points in this game so grab the points with the live home underdog and invest with confidence.