The Northwestern State Demons and the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders meet Monday in college basketball action from American Bank Center. Northwestern State is currently 8-18 on the year following a win over Incarnate Word in their last game. As for Texas A&M-CC, they’re coming off a win over Texas A&M-Commerce that brought the Islanders to 15-10 so far. Let’s get into our Northwestern State vs. Texas A&M-CC prediction. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
Northwestern State Demons
The Demons were only able to win five of their first 21 games this year over Dallas Christian, Southern-New Orleans, Incarnate Word, Houston Christian and New Orleans. Northwestern State 3-2 since then with wins over Texas A&M-Commerce, New Orleans and Incarnate Word.
In the Incarnate Word matchup on Saturday, the Demons were all knotted up at 34-34 by halftime. Northwestern State hit their stride in the second on a 47-27 run and took the win 81-61. Jae Slack came off the bench to lead the team on 18 points and four boards.
Texas A&M-CC Islanders
Over on the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi side, they were 9-7 by mid-January. The Islanders are on a 6-3 run since then, taking out SE Louisiana, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Texas A&M-Commerce (twice) and Lamar with losses to McNeese (twice) and Nicholls otherwise.
In their rematch with Texas A&M-Commerce over the weekend, the Islanders posted 44 points in the first half and 42 in the second on the way to a solid win 86-63. Leading the way in scoring during the victory was Garry Clark on 24 points, six rebounds and one assist.
ANDREW’S FREE NORTHWESTERN STATE VS TEXAS A&M-CC PREDICTION
I like Texas A&M-CC in this one, but it should be a pretty good game if all goes well. The Islanders didn’t have a ton of issues with Texas A&M-Commerce in their last game, hitting a nice 59 percent from the field with a dominant edge on the boards 39-18. It was a promising bounce back after a couple of down offensive outings with 130 combined points in two games.
These teams saw each other back on January 27 in a road win for the Islanders 79-68. The Islanders shot well (47.3 percent) and rebounded well (37) in that one also. I like another good performance from Texas A&M-CC in the rematch, but the Demons could follow along if they’re playing well.