Mississippi Valley State (2-14) vs Texas Southern (4-11)
Game Info: Monday, January 13, 2025 at 7:00 pm (R.W. Harrison HPER Complex)
The Line: Betting Odds: Mississippi Valley State +15 — Over/Under: 133.5
The Texas Southern Tigers and the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils meet Monday in college basketball action from the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Texas Southern vs. Mississippi Valley State prediction.
Texas Southern Recap
The Texas Southern Tigers come into this game looking to build on a 71-66 win over Grambling last time out to improve to 4-11 on the year. After this game, Texas Southern will head home for a matchup with Alcorn State.
Tigers Looking To Find Consistency
Kavion McClain leads Texas Southern in scoring and assists with 14 PPG and 4.5 APG as the lone double-digit scorer for Texas Southern up to this point in the year. Zaire Hayes also has 9.9 PPG while Kenny Hunter has 9.1 PPG with 6.3 RPG to lead Texas Southern in rebounding so far this season. Duane Posey also has 7.4 PPG with 3.7 RPG and Grayson Carter has 7.2 PPG with 2.7 RPG as well this season. As a team, Texas Southern is averaging 71.7 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field, 32.6% from three, and 74.6% from the foul line this season.
Why the Texas Southern Tigers will win
- Mississippi Valley State has lost 22 of its last 23 games against the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
- Texas Southern has won each of its last eight games against Mississippi Valley State following a home win.
Mississippi Valley State Recap
The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils come into this game looking to rebound from a 74-65 loss to Prairie View A&M last time out, falling to 2-14 on the year. After this game, Mississippi Valley State will head out on the road for a game against Bethune Cookman.
Delta Devils Lose 7th Straight
Arthur Tate leads the Delta Devils in scoring with 10.5 PPG as the only double-digit scorer for MVSU this season. Donovan Sanders has 8.7 PPG with 3.5 RPG and a team-high 2.4 APG to lead the way in assists while Alvin Stredic has 9.9 PPG and 4.9 RPG as well for Mississippi Valley State this season to lead the Delta Devils in rebounding. As a team, Mississippi Valley State is averaging 53.3 PPG on 38.3% shooting from the field, 27.5% from three, and 68.3% from the foul line this season.
Why the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils will win
- The home team has won 19 of Mississippi Valley State’s last 20 games.
- Texas Southern has lost each of its last five away games when playing with a rest advantage.
Total Points Facts
- Twelve of Texas Southern’s last 13 night games have produced a total of 137+ points.
- Each of Mississippi Valley State’s last six games against Conference opponents has produced a total of 135+ points.
Texas Southern vs. Mississippi Valley State Prediction
I’m on the under here. Texas Southern is the better team by a fair margin in this matchup, but we’ve seen the Tigers struggle to pull away from lesser teams so far this season. Mississippi Valley State is a bad team that’s found ways to cover in recent games but I’m not sure how long the Delta Devils can keep this charade going. Instead, I’m rolling with the under because Mississippi Valley State hasn’t been scoring much this season and Texas Southern could win this game and cover scoring just 70 points. I think this is going to be an ugly one and there are much more exciting places to have your money on Monday, but I’ll back the under in this one.