Southern Methodist at Tulane 1/15/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The SMU Mustangs will be on the road Saturday afternoon for a visit to New Orleans,LA to take on the Tulane Green Wave. SMU comes into Saturday dominating through the first part of the season 12-4 overall and 3-1 in the conference after winning for the last five games played including a 12 point victory against South Florida last game out. Offensively SMU dominated South Florida converting on 50.9% of their shots to score 77 total points leading to the double digit victory.

Kendrick Davis led the way for the SMU starters with 17 points on 5 of 14 shooting in 36 minutes of action. The reserves picked up the slack for SMU as Marcus Weathers and Zhuric Phelps chipped in 17 points each, while Michael Weathers added ten points and five rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench.

The Tulane Green Wave return home Saturday 7-7 on the season riding a two game win streak following a one point victory against Wichita State. Defensively Tulane stifled Wichita state holding the Shockers to just 37.9% shooting and forced 12 turnovers to spark a 14 point second half comeback.

For the season Tulane has scored the ball well averaging 72.7 points per game on 44.5% shooting as a team. Jalen Cook leads the Tulane offense with 19.3 points per game on 46.2% shooting to go along with a team high 3.6 assists. Jaylen Forbes is second on the team in scoring with 15.4 points and Kevin Cross adds 13.9 points in a team leading 6 rebounds.