How to Watch (and bet)
Date: Tuesday, 11/18/25
Tip-Off Time: 6:30 pm PT
Streaming: Peacock
Radio: Huskies Gameday App, Sports Radio KJR
Location: Seattle, WA
Betting Line: Washington Huskies -21.5
Southern Jaguars 2025-26 Statistics:
Record: 2-2 (0-2 versus D1 teams)
Points For per Game: 79.5 (123rd)
Points Against per Game: 104.5 (365th- dead last)
Adjusted Offensive Efficiency: 103.8 (225th)
Adjusted Defensive Efficiency:
106.7 (158th)Strength of Schedule: 8th
Southern Key Players:
G- Michael Jacobs, Sr. 6’2, 200: 21.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.0 apg, 60.4% FG, 45.5% 3pt, 57.5% FT
Jacobs is a former
JUCO transfer who loves to shoot the ball and has been very good at it this season. Last year he came off the bench as their 6th man and averaged 11.3 points per game but has been on fire in the early going. He attempted a combined 26 free throws against Marquette and Arkansas so expect him to drive the ball into the paint with the goal of drawing contact at every opportunity (currently 8th in fouls drawn per 40). Not good for UW’s very thin frontcourt depth.
G- Fazl Oshodi, So. 6’3, 183: 10.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 41.7% FG, 34.8 3pt, 100.0% FT
Oshodi is another JUCO transfer in his first year at Southern. He was a 3-point sniper at his CC and hit 5 shots from deep against Arkansas in his debut but has cooled off going 3/13 since then. It’s probably not right to call Oshodi a point guard but he has a 9 to 3 assist to turnover ratio so far so is definitely capable of passing it and facilitating the offense.
F- DeMariee Jones, Sr. 6’5, 185: 12.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.3 apg, 64.5% FG, 69.2% FT
Jones transferred in from D2 University of Mobile where he averaged nearly 16 points and 8 rebounds per game as a very undersized power forward. His specialty is working the offensive glass for second chance looks as he was 56th in the country in offensive rebounding rate last season for Southern. Through 36 games at the D1 level he has taken exactly one three-pointer so it’s best to consider him strictly a post player on offense and he’s no threat from the perimeter despite only being 6’5.
F-Ashton Magee, Fr. 6’7, 205: 5.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 0.3 ast, 50.0% FG, 50.0% 3pt, 75.0% FT
Our first player who actually started their career at Southern out of high school, Magee has come off the bench for the Jaguars so far and been a role player. He’s a very underwhelming rebounder at his size and had 6 combined rebounds in 36 minutes against power conference competition so far (and then just 5 in 32 minutes against D2 competition). He’s shooting 50% on 3s but that’s on just 2 attempts.
F- Malek Abdelgowad, Sr. 6’10, 220: 11.8 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 0.0 blk, 57.1% FG, 50.0% 3pt, 75.0% FT
Abdelgowad is an Egyptian native who has transferred in from UMass (and Murray State before that). Like Magee, he’s shooting 50% from 3 on just 2 attempts so while he can technically step out and hit a shot, that’s not his game (was 1/10 last year). What he is though is a prolific rebounder and currently ranks top 70 in both offensive and defensive rebounding rate against D1 competition with 15 rebounds in 35 minutes against Marquette/Arkansas. He isn’t a skilled offensive player but will be a worthy opponent for Hannes Steinbach battling in the post if Steinbach can go.
The Outlook
You could easily argue that this game is either very hard to predict or very easy depending on your point of view. On the one hand, Southern has played two games against power conference teams and lost by an average score of 104.5 to 79.5. They are last in the country in points given up against D1 opponents with the 8th hardest D1 schedule in the country to this point.
I have to keep using that D1 qualifier though because they also have played 2 games against D2 competition which they won by an average score of 122.0 to 57.5. The results against the power conference competition are undoubtedly more important for predicting how the game against Washington is going to go but those complete demolitions of lower level teams at least makes you think twice about whether Southern has what it takes to make this competitive against the Huskies.
The big problem for Southern is obviously the defense given that they’ve given up 100+ points to both Arkansas and Marquette. On that end of the floor they’re 354th in turnover rate, 286th in 2-pt%, and 328th in 3-pt%. They’re below average in basically every single category and abysmal in most of them. That includes a near worst in the country opposing free throw percentage which is probably a bit of bad luck that could regress towards the mean and cost them ~5 points compared to what you’d expect in those games.
One of the other reasons for the impressively bad raw point totals given up is that Southern loves to zoom up and down the floor. They’re 60th in adjusted tempo including 20th on defense so they’re content to let you get up a shot early if it means they get to go back on offense. Southern is the opposite of Washington’s injury riddled roster. They have 12(!) different players averaging at least 12 minutes per game so far this year against D1 competition. Part of that is emptying the bench in games in which they were overmatched but mostly they’re going to run a constant rotation of guys who are totally fresh to try to run you into the ground.
That could be an issue for a Washington program that is seemingly looking for ankle/foot donors at this point. Bryson Tucker is still out with his sprained ankle as are Mady Traore (out for season) and Jacob Ognacevic (out until January) with foot injuries. Desmond Claude has yet to make his season debut with a high ankle sprain but there’s a chance it could come tonight which would definitely help the depth. Washington’s star of the first two weeks of the season though has been freshman Hannes Steinbach who rolled his ankle multiple times on Friday night against Washington State and it sounds like even if he does play he’ll be limited. This is just about the worst team to play when you’re down to 7-8 healthy bodies.
When Washington is on defense they’ll be guarding a team that shoots well from behind the 3-point arc and doesn’t spend a lot of time passing the ball to find an open shot. They’re content to dribble and pull up with their quality shooters and if they happen to shoot their season average (small sample alert) of nearly 40% then it could spell trouble.
The Huskies absolutely should have this in the bag. But if Claude and Steinbach both don’t play then suddenly these rosters are a lot closer than you’d like. I’m going to hedge a little bit and say they get just enough minutes from the two of them to allow for a double-digit point Husky victory but that the Jaguars still manage to easily cover. But no lead is safe given the possibility of UW once again wearing down over the final 10 minutes. The Huskies need to try to build up a big lead early and hope it’s enough to hold on late before a badly needed 9-day rest to get healthy.
Prediction
Washington Huskies– 85, Southern Jaguars- 75
Season picks: 4-0 straight up, 2-2 against the spread
