| Game |
Alabama State vs. Texas Southern
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|---|---|
| Date & Time | Friday March 15, 2019, 9:30 PM (EDT) |
| Location |
Bill Harris Arena
Birmingham, AL
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| The Line |
Texas Southern -8 / over-under: 154
|
| TV Channel |
ESPN3
|
SWAC college basketball playoff action pits the Alabama State Hornets against the Texas Southern Tigers.
The Alabama State Hornets upset the Jackson State Tigers 58-49 in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament as a 5.5 point underdog.
Jacoby Ross paced the Hornets upset with 14 points and six boards followed by Tobi Ewuosho with ten points and another six rebounds.
Alabama State saw ten points and four pulls from Reginald Gee while Fausto Pichardo and Leon Daniels combined for 15 points and 15 rebounds.
The Texas Southern Panthers upended the Southern Jaguars 8-70 to advance to the SWAC semifinals and keep another title bid alive.
Devocio Butler paced the balanced Tigers with 16 points and seven rebounds with Jalyn Patterson with 14 points, ten rebounds and eight helpers.
Texas Southern received eleven points and three yanks from Jeremy Combs while Eden Ewing and Tyrik Armstrong netted ten points each with six pulls.
Over is 8-3 in Texas Southern last 11 overall.
Over is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings.
This is the time of year Texas Southern generally shines but they but the team has to play well with Alabama State in upset mode….
