Texas Southern vs Alcorn State 2/28/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Alcorn State Braves and the Texas Southern Tigers meet in college basketball action from the H & PE Arena on Monday night.

The Alcorn State Braves will look to build on their three-game win streak after a 72-69 road win over Prairie View A&M last time out. Justin Thomas leads Alcorn State in scoring with 10.2 PPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Alcorn State so far this year while Keondre Montgomery has 9.7 PPG. Dominic Brewton has 8.8 PPG with 5 RPG and Lenell Henry has 8.1 PPG with a team-high 5.1 RPG to lead the Braves on the glass. As a team, Alcorn State is averaging 65.1 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field, 31.7% from three and 71.7% from the foul line while allowing 70.8 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field and 34.8% from three this season.

The Texas Southern Tigers will try to build on their own three-game win streak after an 81-66 win over Jackson State last time out. Joirdon Karl Nicholas leads the Tigers in scoring with 9.5 PPG along with 5.8 RPG while John Walker III has 9.4 PPG with 4.5 RPG. Brison Gresham leads the Tigers on the glass with 6.8 RPG as well this season. As a team, Texas Southern is averaging 68.5 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three and 66.8% from the foul line while allowing 65.9 PPG on 40.4% shooting from the field and 29.6% from three this season.

Alcorn State is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 Monday games. Texas Southern is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following an ATS win while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record.

I get why Texas Southern’s favored at home and I haven’t forgotten about the Tigers picking up the win over Florida earlier this season. However, Alcorn State has been a very, very good cover team away from home this season and I think that this could be a game that ends up coming down to the wire. Give me the Braves and the points here.