North Texas vs Alcorn State Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 3/15/23
Alcorn State Braves (18-13) vs. North Texas Mean Green (26-7)
March 15, 2023 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: North Texas Mean Green -17.5 / Alcorn State Braves +17.5 ; Over/Under: 127
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The Alcorn State Braves and the North Texas Mean Green meet Wednesday in NIT college basketball action from UNT Coliseum. Alcorn State is currently 18-13 overall this year. The Braves lost to Texas Southern in their conference tournament game. As for North Texas, they sit at 26-7 overall following a loss to UAB back on Friday. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
Alcorn State Braves
Alcorn State was 18-12 over the course of the regular season. The Braves finished on a 3-1 run, beating Texas Southern, Mississippi Valley State and AR-Pine Bluff after a close loss to Prairie View A&M. Alcorn State received a one-seed in the SWAC Tournament.
In the tournament matchup versus Texas Southern, the Braves were up 30-27 going into the second half. Alcorn State was outscored 39-32 from there and lost 66-62. Byron Joshua was the top team scorer with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
North Texas Mean Green
Over on the North Texas side, their regular season ended on a nice 25-6 record. The Mean Green lost to Charlotte on February 23, but then beat Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky to finish up. North Texas then beat LA Tech 74-46 in the Conference USA Tournament.
Last Friday versus UAB, North Texas went into the locker room down 35-28. The Mean Green didn’t end up getting any closer and lost 76-69. Tylor Perry was tops on 17 points, and Aaron Scott doubled up on 13 points and 13 rebounds.
ANDREW’S FREE PICK
I’ll take a stab on Alcorn State here. The Braves didn’t play very well against Texas Southern in their lone SWAC Tournament matchup, so they’ll need a good bounce-back effort in this one. Alcorn State has just 125 combined points in their last two outings, however they’d hit 70 or more in four straight prior to that. As for North Texas, they’ve eclipsed 69 points just once over their last five games—the Mean Green are a better offensive team than that, however. I like this one to be a fairly high total with Alcorn State ultimately pulling off the cover.
