The Alabama State Hornets and the Texas Southern Tigers meet in college basketball action from the H&PE Arena on Monday night.
The Alabama State Hornets will be looking to rebound from a 70-67 loss at Prairie View A&M last time out. Gerald Liddell leads the Hornets in scoring with 11.3 PPG while Trace Young has 10.5 PPG with 4.1 RPG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Alabama State up to this point in the year. Jordan O’Neal has 8.2 PPG with a team-high 5.4 RPG and DJ Jackson has a team-high 2.1 APG as well this season. As a team, Alabama State is averaging 66 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field, 31.9% from three and 70% from the foul line while allowing 75.8 PPG on 43.2% shooting from the floor and 33.9% from three this season.
The Texas Southern Tigers will be hoping to build on a 78-44 win over Alabama A&M last time out. John Walker III leads the Tigers in scoring with 10.6 PPG along with 5 RPG while PJ Henry has 10 PPG with 2.1 APG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Texas Southern up to this point in the season. Joirdon Karl Nicholas also has 9.9 PPG with 5.7 RPG and Brison Gresham also has a team-high 6.9 RPG as well for the Tigers this season. As a team, Texas Southern is averaging 67.3 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 66.9% from the foul line while allowing 66.3 PPG on 40.6% shooting from the field and 29.1% from three this season.
Alabama State is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss and 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-1-1 in their last 6 road games. Texas Southern is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 games following a win by 20 or more points.
I get why Texas Southern’s favored here as they’ve been dominant in three home games so far this year. However, Alabama State’s been competitive on the road and quite frankly, I just think they’re a better team than giving up double-digits. I see this as an 8-9 point game at most, so give me the Hornets and the points here.