Alcorn State vs Texas Southern Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 3/8/23

The Texas Southern Tigers and the Alcorn State Braves meet in college basketball action from the Bartow Arena on Wednesday as part of the SWAC conference tournament. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Alcorn State is listed as a 2.5-point favorite with the total for this game set at 141.5 points.

Injuries

Neither side has anyone listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.

Matchup History

Alcorn State’s 89-81 win over Texas Southern back on February 27^th, 2023, made it back-to-back wins and wins in four of the last five meetings for Alcorn State in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Texas Southern is 6-20 ATS in their last 26 games overall and 5-15-1 ATS in their last 21 games following an ATS loss while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 games following a loss. Alcorn State is 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 neutral site games and 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 Wednesday games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS win.

Pick

I’m backing Alcorn State here. The Braves have simply been the better team and arguably the best team in the SWAC this season and while Texas Southern has been primed to pull some upsets in the past, I don’t see it happening here. Alcorn State’s been nothing short of dominant in SWAC play, and they got the cover in both meetings against TSU this season. I’ll back Alcorn State in this one.