Texas Southern at Cincinnati 12/18/21 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

By: Mike |

Last Updated: 12/17/2021 at 11:12 PM ET

The Texas Southern Tigers visit Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday to play the Cincinnati Bearcats. Texas Southern improved to 2-7 following a 70-60 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday. Brison Gresham was the leading scorer and rebounder for Texas Southern with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Texas Southern has won two straight after opening the season losing each of its first seven.

John Walker III is the leading scorer for Texas Southern with an average of 12.6 points per game, while Brison Gresham is the leading rebounder with an average of 8.8 rebounds per game and PJ Henry is the leader in assists with an average of 2.2 assists per game. Texas Southern has three players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 62.9 points per game.

Cincinnati improved to 8-3 following a 77-50 victory over the Florida A&M Rattlers on Tuesday. The leading scorer for Cincinnati was Jeremiah Davenport with 16 points. Cincinnati held Florida A&M to 30.5% shooting overall and 15.4% shooting from three-point territory while out-rebounding the Rattlers 48-33. Cincinnati has won three of its last four.

David DeJulius is the leading scorer for Cincinnati with an average of 12.5 points per game, while Viktor Lakhin is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.5 rebounds per game and Mika Adams-Woods is the leader in assists with an average of 3.6 per game. Cincinnati has two players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Bearcats are scoring an average of 70.5 points per game.

Texas Southern will pull off an upset victory over Cincinnati, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in seven of Texas Southern's last nine and in seven of Cincinnati's last eight. Cincinnati is allowing an average of only 59.6 points per game and holding opponents to 35.8% shooting. Texas Southern has seen the UNDER cash in each of the last two while holding Florida to 54 points and UT Rio Grande to 60 points. Final Score Prediction Texas Southern Tigers win but our best play is UNDER 67-62.

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