The Tennessee State Tigers and the Southeastern Louisiana Lions meet in college basketball action from the Raider Arena on Saturday. Two Teams headed in different directions meet in Emerald Coast Classic tournament action, who comes out on top? Let’s dive in and find out. Check out our Tennessee State vs Southeastern Louisiana Prediction.

Tennessee State Improves To 4-1

The Tennessee State Tigers come into this one looking to build on their 4-1 start to this year after an 87-70 win over Midway last time out. E.J. Bellinger leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding with 15.2 PPG and 5.6 RPG while Christian Brown has 12.8 PPG with 2.5 RPG and Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. has 10.4 PPG with a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Tigers in the assist department up to this point in the year. Kinyon Hodges also has 9 PPG with 5.4 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Tennessee State is averaging 77.6 PPG on 47.3% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 66.3% from the foul line this season.

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Southeastern Louisiana Drops 3rd Straight

The Southeastern Louisiana Lions come into this one looking to snap a three-game losing skid after a 65-63 loss to Santa Clara last time out. Roger McFarlane leads the Lions in scoring and rebounding with 16.2 PPG and 6.2 RPG while Alec Woodard has 10.5 PPG with 4.8 RPG and Nick Caldwell has 10.3 PPG with 4.5 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Southeastern Louisiana so far this season. Brody Rowbury has 9.5 PPG with 5.5 RPG and Roscoe Eastmond has 7.5 PPG with a team-high 3.8 APG as well this season. As a team, Southeastern Louisiana is averaging 68 PPG on 41.3% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 72.1% from the foul line this season.

Chris’ Pick

I’m rolling with Tennessee State. These are two teams I don’t normally rush to the window to bet on, but there’s no denying that Tennessee State has been playing the better basketball up to this point in the year and while the Lions have played the much tougher opposition to this point, the defensive numbers regardless aren’t great and Tennessee State should have no problem in this one. Give me the Tigers.