The Georgia Southern Eagles (8-8, 1-3 Sun Belt) visit the Marshall Thundering Herd (9-8, 2-2 Sun Belt) after losing five straight road games. The Thundering Herd are favored by 8.5 points in the contest, which starts at 4:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 11, 2025. The matchup’s point total is set at 150.5.

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Marshall vs. Georgia Southern betting lines

• Marshall moneyline odds to win: -395
• Georgia Southern moneyline odds to win: +304
• Spread: Marshall (-8.5)
• Total: 150.5

Marshall statistics, trends and more

As the home team

• When playing at home, Marshall sports a better record against the spread (6-2-1) compared to its ATS record in away games (0-6-0).
• In terms of over/unders, the Thundering Herd hit the over more often when playing at home, as they’ve gone over the total four times in nine opportunities this season (44.4%). In road games, they have hit the over two times in six opportunities (33.3%).
• Marshall has won a higher percentage of its matchups as a moneyline favorite at home, going 6-0 (1.000). When playing on the road as a moneyline favorite, it owns a record of 0-1 (.000).

Recent trends

• The Thundering Herd’s offense has been worse over their last 10 games, scoring 73.9 points a contest compared to the 75.2 they’ve averaged this year.
• Marshall has been more porous on defense lately, giving up 72.4 points per game over its last 10 contests compared to the 71.7 points per game its opponents are averaging over the 2024-25 season.
• The Thundering Herd’s 7.4 made three-pointers per-game average during their past 10 games are less than the 7.5 they average on the season, but those 10 games have seen a higher percentage of three-point shots made, 32.3% compared to their season-long percentage of 29.5% from beyond the arc.

Marshall betting records this season

• ATS Record: 6-8-1 (Home: 6-2-1; Away: 0-6-0)
• ATS Record When Favored by 8.5+: 3-1-0 (As Favorite: 5-2-0; As Underdog: 1-6-1)
• O-U-P: 6-9-0 (Home: 4-5-0; Away: 2-4-0)
• Record When Moneyline Favorite: 6-1 (Home: 6-0; Away: 0-1)
• Record When Moneyline Underdog: 0-7 (Home: 0-2; Away: 0-5)

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Georgia Southern statistics, trends and more

As the away team

• Against the spread, Georgia Southern has been better at home (3-4-0) than on the road (2-5-0).
• Both at home (three of seven) and away (three of seven), the Eagles’ games have gone over (in terms of the over/under) 42.9% of the time.
• This year the Eagles are 1-1 at home as moneyline underdogs (.500 winning percentage). On the road they are 1-6 (.143).

Recent trends

• The Eagles are putting up 68.3 points per contest over their last 10 games, which is 5.6 fewer points than their average for the season (73.9).
• Georgia Southern is surrendering 77.6 points per game over its last 10 games, which is 1.5 fewer points than it is allowing for the season (79.1).
• The Eagles are sinking 9.0 treys per contest in their previous 10 games, the same number as their average for the season. Meanwhile, they own a worse three-point percentage over their previous 10 contests (32.0%) compared to their season average (32.1%).

Georgia Southern betting records this season

• ATS Record: 5-11-0 (Home: 3-4-0; Away: 2-5-0)
• ATS Record When Underdog by 8.5+: 1-2-0 (As Favorite: 2-5-0; As Underdog: 3-6-0)
• O-U-P: 8-8-0 (Home: 3-4-0; Away: 3-4-0)
• Record When Moneyline Favorite: 6-1 (Home: 5-0; Away: 0-0)
• Record When Moneyline Underdog: 2-7 (Home: 1-1; Away: 1-6)