Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs Texas Southern 2/21/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Texas Southern Tigers and the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions meet in college basketball action from the H.O. Clemmons Arena on Monday night.

The Texas Southern Tigers will look to build on wins in 7 of their last 8 games after a 79-59 win over Mississippi Valley State last time out. Joirdon Karl Nicholas leads the Tigers in scoring with 9.8 PPG along with 5.8 RPG while John Walker III has 9.4 PPG with 4.4 RPG. Brison Gresham leads the Tigers on the glass with 7 RPG as well this season. As a team, Texas Southern is averaging 67.9 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 30.9% from three and 66.2% from the foul line while allowing 65.8 PPG on 40.3% shooting from the field and 29.6% from three this season.

The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions will try to bounce back from back-to-back losses after a 92-84 loss to Prairie View A&M in their last game. Shawn Williams leads UAPB in scoring and assists with 15.3 PPG and 3.7 APG while Kylen Milton has 10.7 PPG with 3.5 RPG. Dequan Morris has 14.6 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Arkansas-Pine Bluff this season. Brandon Brown has 9.7 PPG and a team-high 7.3 RPG while Trey Sampson also has 9 PPG and 3.9 RPG as well on the year for the Golden Lions. As a team, Arkansas-Pine Bluff is averaging 64.4 PPG on 40.4% shooting from the field, 28.5% from three and 69.9% from the foul line while allowing 77.4 PPG on 49% shooting from the field and 35.8% from three this season.

Texas Southern is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Monday games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games against a team with a losing home record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Arkansas-Pine Bluff is 10-3-1 ATS in their last 14 games after allowing 90 or more points in their previous game and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Monday games while the under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games against a team with a losing road record.

I get the case that could be made for either side here as funny things can happen in these SWAC games. However, Texas Southern is still one of the better SWAC teams out there and they’ve had Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s number over the last few seasons, with the bulk of their wins coming in comfortable fashion. I’ll side with the Tigers on the road in this one.