Texas Southern Tigers vs New Mexico Lobos Prediction, 11/24/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Southern Tigers vs New Mexico Lobos

Date: Sunday, November 24, 2024

Location: The Pit in Albuquerque, NM

TV: ESPN+

The Pit is the site where the New Mexico Lobos (4-1) will meet the Texas Southern Tigers (1-4) on Sunday.

The Texas Southern Tigers faced off with Samford and ended up losing by a score of 97-82 in their last contest. Texas Southern ended the game having earned a 45.9% FG percentage (28 of 61) and made 3 out of their 16 3-pointers. At the charity stripe, the Tigers buried 23 of 26 shots for a rate of 88.5%. With respect to grabbing rebounds, they earned 37 with 12 of them being offensive. They also dished out 20 assists for the game in addition to forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In relation to defending, Texas Southern allowed 47.2% from the field on 34 out of 72 shooting. Samford recorded 21 dimes and had 10 steals in this matchup. Moreover, Samford had 28 rebounds (10 offensive, 18 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Samford finished shooting 75.0% at the free throw line by burying 9 of 12 attempts. They also made 20 of their 44 attempts from beyond the perimeter. Regarding fouls, the Tigers walked away with 13 while Samford accumulated 21 fouls.

Duane Posey is someone who was a contributor in this matchup. He ended up with 26 points on 6 of 7 shooting. He played 30 minutes and also pulled down 12 boards. He ended up going 85.7% from the field and recorded 3 dimes.

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Texas Southern will take the court with a win-loss mark of 1-4 on the season. They have an average of 75.4 pts per game (218th in college basketball) on 41.8% from the floor. The Tigers are shooting 30.0% on 3-pointers (30 of 100) and 73.0% from the free throw line. As a unit, Texas Southern is snagging 38.4 rebounds per game and is sitting with 79 dimes for the season, which ranks 102nd in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 11.8 times per game and as a unit are committing 21.8 personal fouls every game.

On defense, the Tigers are able to force 13.2 turnovers per game and they draw 17.4 fouls. They are ranked 332nd in Division 1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 87 surrendered for the season. The Tigers are giving up a shooting percentage of 40.9% (124 of 303) and they concede 41.2 boards per contest as a group. They relinquish 35.6% on 3-pointers while they are 344th in college hoops in points per game allowed (82.8).

The last time they took the court, the New Mexico Lobos walked away with a victory by a final of 80-58 against Grambling. The Lobos were able to corral 34 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 42 in the game. They coughed it up 15 times, while earning 14 steals in this matchup. Grambling was called for 24 personal fouls for the game which got the Lobos to the charity stripe for 26 attempts. They were able to make 17 of those for a percentage of 65.4%. When talking about shots from downtown, New Mexico converted 7 of their 18 tries (38.9%). When all was said and done, the Lobos finished shooting 28 out of 60 from the floor which had them shooting 46.7%. The Lobos allowed Grambling to make 22 of 62 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 35.5% in the game. They finished shooting 36.8% from behind the 3-point line by going 7 of 19 and walked away from this one shooting 7 of 15 from the charity stripe (46.7%). In relation to team rebounding, New Mexico allowed Grambling to snag 32 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Donovan Dent ended up having an impact for the Lobos in the matchup. He racked up 22 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 8 assists for this game. He buried 7 of 13 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 53.8%, and had 2 rebounds.

New Mexico has a record of 4-1 on the year. The Lobos are committing 20.2 fouls per game and they shoot 63.0% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 19.2 times per game (28th in college hoops) and they turn the ball over 14.6 times per game. New Mexico has accounted for 414 pts so far this season (82.8 per contest) and they collect 39.4 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Lobos are hitting on 45.9% from the floor, which ranks 161st in the country.

The New Mexico defense gives up 31.9% on shots from 3-point land (36 of 113) and opponents are knocking down 58.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 17.6 dimes and 41.8 rebounds every game, which has them ranked 352nd and 350th in the country. The Lobos on defense are ranked 248th in college basketball in points allowed per game with 74.4. They have forced 19.6 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.3% from the floor (224th in D-1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New Mexico

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