Coastal Carolina vs. Southern Miss Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 24

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (12-9, 5-4 Sun Belt) play the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (11-10, 5-4 Sun Belt) as just 2.5-point favorites on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The over/under in the matchup is set at 142.5.

Coastal Carolina is coming off of a 72-70 victory over Texas State in its last game on Thursday. In the victory, Joshua Beadle led Coastal Carolina with 32 points. Southern Miss fell in its most recent matchup 69-62 against Georgia State on Thursday. Dylan Brumfield scored 13 points in Southern Miss' loss, leading the team.

Coastal Carolina vs. Southern Miss Odds and Game Time

• When: Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 1 p.m. ET
• Where: HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina
• Spread favorite: Coastal Carolina -2.5
• Moneyline favorite: Coastal Carolina -155
• Moneyline underdog: Southern Miss +128
• Over/Under: 142.5 points

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• TV Channel: ESPN+
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Betting the Over/Under: Coastal Carolina vs. Southern Miss

• Coastal Carolina and its opponents have combined to outscore Saturday's total (142.5 points) 10 times this season.
• A total of 11 of Southern Miss' games have finished with a combined score higher than 142.5 points this season.
• The point total for the matchup of 142.5 is 5.1 points fewer than the combined points per game averages for the Chanticleers (73.3 points per game) and the Golden Eagles (74.3 points per game).
• This game's total is 3.1 less than the 145.6 points these two teams combine to give up per game.
• Coastal Carolina has seen a 145.8 average over/under in its games this season, 3.3 points more than the over/under in this contest.
• Southern Miss' games have an average over/under of 147.5 points this season, 5.0 more points than the over/under for this contest.

Betting the Spread: Coastal Carolina vs. Southern Miss

• In Coastal Carolina's 20 games this year, it has 10 wins against the spread.
• The Chanticleers have covered the spread twice this season when favored by 2.5 points or more (in six chances).
• Against the spread, Southern Miss is 7-12-0 this season.
• So far this season, the Golden Eagles have been installed as underdogs by a 2.5-point margin or more eight times and are 3-5 ATS in those contests.
• Coastal Carolina has covered the spread twice at home, and is 4-3 overall there, this season.
• At home, as a 2.5-point favorite or more, Coastal Carolina is winless ATS (0-4).
• Southern Miss is 3-8 overall, and 4-7 against the spread, on the road.
• On the road, Southern Miss is unbeaten ATS (2-0) as 2.5-point underdogs or more.

Betting the Moneyline: Coastal Carolina vs. Southern Miss

• This season, Coastal Carolina has won four out of the seven games in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
• The Chanticleers are 3-2 this season when entering a game favored by -155 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 60.8% chance of a victory for Coastal Carolina.
• Southern Miss has been a moneyline underdog in 12 games this season and has come away with the win two times (16.7%) in those contests.
• This year, the Golden Eagles have won one of seven games when listed as at least +128 or worse on the moneyline.
• Southern Miss has an implied victory probability of 43.9% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.