Texas Southern vs New Mexico Picks and Prediction – 11/25/2024

The Texas Southern Tigers visit The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Sunday to play the New Mexico Lobos. Texas Southern dropped to 1-4 following a 97-82 loss to the Samford Bulldogs last Sunday. The leading scorer for Texas Southern was Duane Posey with 26 points. The Tigers shot 45.9% overall but just 18.8% from 3-point territory and committed 16 turnovers. Keep updated with College Basketball with our college basketball previews.

Kavion McClain is leading Texas Southern in scoring and assists with averages of 14.0 points and 5.6 assists per game while Kenny Hunter is the second-leading scorer and the leading rebounder with averages of 11.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Texas Southern has only two players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 75.4 points per game.

The New Mexico Lobos look for their second consecutive victory on Sunday when hosting Texas Southern. New Mexico is 4-1 following its 80-58 victory over the Grambling Tigers last Thursday. Donovan Dent was the leading scorer for New Mexico with 22 points. New Mexico has won four of its first five with its only blemish an 85-71 loss to St John's Red Storm.

Donovan Dent is leading New Mexico in scoring and assists with averages of 18.2 points and 8.6 assists per game while Nelly Junior Joseph is the second-leading scorer and the leading rebounder with averages of 15.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. New Mexico has five players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 82.8 points per game.

New Mexico is off to a strong start at 4-1 straight up but is just 2-3 against the spread. However, the Lobos face a struggling Texas Southern side that is 1-4 SU and 1-3 ATS. Texas Southern is allowing an average of 82.8 points per game. New Mexico is scoring an average of 83.5 points per game while shooting 45.7% overall and will be too much offensively for the Tigers to stop. Final Score Prediction, New Mexico Lobos win and fail to cover ATS 90-76.