Texas Southern at New Orleans 3/20/19 - NCAAB Picks & Predictions

The Texas Southern Tigers visit Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana for a CBI first round matchup against the New Orleans Privateers. The Tigers ended their regular season 21-13 following a 92-86 loss to Prairie View A&M in the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament championship game on Saturday. Jalyn Patterson led the Tigers in the loss with 24 points.

New Orleans concluded its regular season at 19-13 following a 77-60 loss to Abilene Christian on Saturday in the Southland Conference Tournament championship game. The Privateers were led in the loss by Bryson Robinson with 14 points, while Scott Plaisance scored 13 and pulled down eight rebounds. New Orleans was hurt by its 20 turnovers. Jeremy Combs leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounds with averages of 16.9 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Jalyn Patterson is third in scoring and first in assists with averages of 12.2 points and 3.9 assists per game. The Tigers are shooting 45.0% from the field and 32.2% from 3-point territory.

Bryson Robinson leads New Orleans in scoring with an average of 11.2 points per game. Gerrale Gates is the leader in rebounding with an average of 5.1 per game, while Troy Green leads the Privateers in assists with an average of 2.7 per game. New Orleans is shooting 44.6% from the field and 34.1% from 3-point territory.