Fairleigh Dickinson vs Prairie View 3/19/19 - NCAA Tournamnet Picks & Predictions

The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights will play the Prairie View A&M Panthers on Tuesday in one of the First Four game in the NCAA Tournament West Region. FDU stamped its ticket to the Big Dance with an 85-76 win over St. Francis to win the Northeastern Conference Championship and receive an automatic berth. Darnell Edge led the Knights with 21 points while Jahlil Jenkins and Kaleb Bishop each scored 20.

Prairie View A&M earned its berth in the NCAA Tournament field by defeating Texas Southern on Saturday to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship. Dennis Jones and Gary Blackston scored 17 points apiece and four other Panthers scored in double figures. Darnell Edge leads the Knights in scoring with an average of 16.4 points per game. Kaleb Bishop is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.3 per game, while Jahlil Jenkins is the assists leader with an average of 4.5 per game. Fairleigh Dickinson is shooting 47.8% from the field and 40.4% from 3-point territory.

Gary Blackston leads the Panthers in scoring and rebounding with averages of 15.2 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Dennis Jones leads in assists with an average of 4.4 per game. Prairie View A&M is shooting 43.8% from the field and 31.1% from 3-point territory.