The Texas Southern Tigers (18-12) will look to claim a spot in the Round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament bracket in their First Four matchup with the Texas A&M-CC Islanders (23-11) on Tuesday at University of Dayton Arena, tipping off at 6:40 PM. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Tigers’ (-167 to win on the moneyline) matchup against the Islanders (+140).

Texas Southern Offense Vs. Texas A&M-CC Defense

Texas A&M-CC Offense Vs. Texas Southern Defense

Texas Southern Betting Insights

• Texas Southern has won 16 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover or pushing 14 times.
• When playing as at least 3.5-point favorites this season, the Tigers have an ATS record of 9-7-1.
• Texas Southern and its opponents have combined to go over the point total 14 out of 31 times this season.
• Texas Southern’s games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 135 points 16 times.
• The average total in Tigers contests this year is 136.1, 1.1 more points than this game’s over/under.

Texas A&M-CC Betting Insights

• Texas A&M-CC is 21-10-0 ATS this season.
• The Islanders are 7-0 ATS this year when playing as at least 3.5-point underdogs.
• Texas A&M-CC and its opponents have combined to go over the point total 17 out of 31 times this season.
• Texas A&M-CC and its opponents have combined to score more than 135 points in 25 of 31 games this season.
• Islanders outings this season have a 145.3-point average over/under, 10.3 more points than this game’s point total.

Texas Southern Key Players

• The Tigers scoring leader is John Walker III, who contributes 9.9 points per game.
• Brison Gresham paces Texas Southern with 6.8 rebounds per game and Jordan Gilliam leads the team with 2.2 assists per contest.
• The Tigers are led by Bryson Etienne from long distance. He knocks down 1.3 shots from deep per game.
• Texas Southern’s blocks leader is Gresham, who collects 2.2 per game. PJ Henry leads the team averaging 1.0 steal a contest.

Texas A&M-CC Key Players

• Isaac Mushila holds the top Islanders spot in two categories: scoring (13.5 points per game) and rebounding (9.5 rebounds per game).
• Terrion Murdix puts in work giving out assists and is Texas A&M-CC’s assist leader with 3.8 per game.
• Trevian Tennyson makes more threes per game than any other member of the Islanders, averaging 2.1 treys per game.
• Murdix tops Texas A&M-CC in steals with 1.9 per game, and Simeon Fryer leads the squad in blocks with 0.6 per game.