Texas Southern at Alabama A&M 3/1/21 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Texas Southern Tigers visit TM Elmore Gymnasium in Normal, Alabama on Monday to play the Alabama A&M Bulldogs. Texas Southern improved to 10-8 overall and 7-3 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference following an 86-76 victory on Saturday over Alabama State. Michael Weathers was the leading scorer for Texas Southern with 23 points. Texas Southern is third in the SWAC free games behind first-place Prairie View A&M.

Michael Weathers is leading Texas Southern in scoring and assists with averages of 15.2 points and 3.4 assists per game, while Joirdon Karl Nicholas is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.3 rebounds per game. Texas Southern has three players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 73.6 points per game.

Alabama A&M is 6-6 overall and 4-6 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference following its 55-54 loss on Saturday to the Prairie View A&M Panthers. The leading scorer for Alabama A&M was Jalen Johnson with 17. The Bulldogs turned the ball over 24 times to only 12 for Prairie View. Alabama A&M has lost four straight and six of the last eight.

Jalen Johnson is leading Alabama A&M in scoring and rebounding with averages of 17.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, while Cameron Tucker is the leader in assists with an average of 4.7 per game. Alabama A&M has two players averaging double-figures in scoring and is scoring an average of 65.4 points per game, while shooting 40.9% overall and 28.5% from 3-point territory.