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The Southern Jaguars (1-3) make the trip to College Station to take on the Texas A&M Aggies (3-1) in Wednesday non-nonconference action. The opening tip at Reed Arena will be at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Southern vs. Texas A&M odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
Southern opened with 3 straight losses before filing a Sunday win over National Christian College Athletic Association-member Ecclesia. That was an unlined matchup that saw the Jaguars shoot 56.3% and force 33 turnovers en route to a 131-42 victory. G Tidjiane Dioumassi leads the Jaguars in points (13.0), assists (5.0) and steals (1.8) per game.
Texas A&M, No. 23 in the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, enters on a 3-game win streak after season-opening 64-61 loss at UCF. The most impressive of the victories was A&M’s last game, a 78-64 home win vs. Ohio State Friday. The Aggies, led by 15 points apiece from G Wade Taylor IV and backup G Manny Obaseki, covered as 5.5-point favorites and the Under (147.5) came in.
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Southern at Texas A&M odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds. Lines last updated Tuesday at 10:13 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Southern +3500 (bet $100 to win $3,500) | Texas A&M -20000 (bet $20,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Southern +26.5 (-110) | Texas A&M -26.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 142.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Southern at Texas A&M picks and predictions
Prediction
Texas A&M 85, Southern 55
Moneyline
No interest. AVOID.
Against the spread
The Aggies are 8-1ATS across their last 9 November home games.
Texas A&M brought back a lot of minutes from a 21-win NCAA Tournament squad a season ago. Wednesday, the Aggies are facing a youthful Jaguars five that may well find themselves well out of its depth.
Since its shaky opener, A&M has been tremendously efficient on offense and not reliant on just one or two areas going along well. An offense that generates good looks inside and from beyond the arc will be squaring off against a Southern team that struggles in defending both areas. Add in high offensive rebounding and free-throw rates, and the Aggies figure to have leverage just about everywhere.
Last season, the Jaguars played 4 KenPom top-50 teams in November. They lost all four by an average deficit of 34.0 points per contest.
BACK THE AGGIES -26.5 (-110).
Over/Under
Texas A&M plays at a bottom-third pace, and the Under has gone 3-1 in its games. But the quick-add factors like free throws and second-chance points figure to loom large in the Aggies’ game play against the Jaguars.
Still, the last 5 times the Aggies have been favored by 20-plus points, the Under has gone 4-1.
Consider a partial-unit play on the UNDER 142.5 (-110).
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