Alabama A&M vs Southern 3/5/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Southern Jaguars and the Alabama A&M Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the T.M. Elmore Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.

The Southern Jaguars will look to bounce back from a 77-67 loss to Alabama State last time out. Tyrone Lyons leads the Jaguars in scoring with 13.8 PPG along with 4.9 RPG while Brion Whitley has 11.9 PPG and Jayden Saddler has 11.2 PPG with a team-high 4.3 APG to lead the Jaguars in assists and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Southern up to this point in the season. Terrell Williams has 9.9 PPG and Damien Sears leads the Jaguars on the glass with 5.4 RPG as well this season. As a team, Southern is averaging 70.7 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field, 36.1% from three and 70.5% from the foul line while allowing 66.5 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field and 29.5% from three this season.

The Alabama A&M Bulldogs will look to build on their six-game win streak after a 71-63 win over Grambling State last time out. Jalen Johnson leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 15.9 PPG and 7.1 RPG while Garrett Hicks has 13.9 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Alabama A&M so far this season. Cameron Tucker also has a team-high 4 APG as well for the Bulldogs this season. As a team, Alabama A&M is averaging 61.8 PPG on 38.5% shooting from the field, 26.9% from three and 70.6% from the foul line while allowing 68.5 PPG on 40.4% shooting from the field and 32.9% from three this season.

Southern is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a loss and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games while the over is 8-2 in their last 10 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600. Alabama A&M is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games following a SU win.

I get the reasoning for Southern being favored here as the Jaguars are the better team statistically on both ends of the floor and have been the better team over the course of the season. However, Alabama A&M’s playing really, really well right now, catching steam at the right time and I just think this is a value spot to take a stab on Alabama A&M and the points in this one.