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The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (2-3) and Ole Miss Rebels (4-0) meet Thursday in Oxford. The opening tip at the Sandy and John Black Pavilion will be at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Oral Roberts vs. Ole Miss odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
The Golden Eagles head to Oxford after a 90-80 loss at Belmont Tuesday. The 9.5-point-underdog ORU squad was outrebounded 35-27, and host Belmont shot 52.5% from the floor.
Ole Miss is coming off its best game of the young season. On Saturday, the Rebels covered as 6-point favorites in an 84-69 conquest over Colorado State. Mississippi logged a season-best 59.1% effective field-goal mark and was a turnover plus-10 in the home-away-from-home game played in Southaven, Miss.
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Oral Roberts at Ole Miss odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds. Lines last updated at 8:15 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Oral Roberts +1400 (bet $100 to win $1,400) | Ole Miss -5000 (bet $5,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Oral Roberts +20.5 (-110) | Ole Miss -20.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 148.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Oral Roberts at Ole Miss picks and predictions
Prediction
Ole Miss 85, Oral Roberts 68
Moneyline
No interest. PASS.
Against the spread
Dating back to last season, Ole Miss is 1-6 ATS over its last 7 home games. When favored by 18 points or more at home, the Rebels are 1-6 ATS.
Mississippi is an undersized team that won’t blow away ORU inside. The Rebels get a big chunk of their points from beyond the arc. They have shot 35.2% on such looks, and the Eagles have allowed a 41.4% mark. Figure both ends being due for some regression.
Oral Roberts is solid enough on the boards and may well get some hidden points in the second-chance department.
Ole Miss plays at a slow pace and in 3 of its 4 games has not produced much, if any, point-differential daylight in endgame minutes.
The Rebels are much the better team, but the Eagles have enough of a shot at keeping the differential here in the teens.
TAKE ORAL ROBERTS +20.5 (-110).
Over/Under
The Over is 6-2 across Mississippi’s last 8 home games and 4-2-1 in the Eagles’ last 7 road games when ORU is getting 8 points or more.
Figure on some heat in the turnover/transition game for Ole Miss. And the last 2 times it was overmatched, ORU allowed a combined 57 looks at the free-throw line.
Peg the OVER 148.5 (-110) with a small-to-moderate lean.
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