Alabama State Hornets Will Take On TX-San Antonio In NCAA Tournament

Both the TX-San Antonio Roadrunners and the Alabama State Hornets will look to keep their dream seasons alive when they meet in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Dayton, Ohio. The winner of the game will have a chance to play against top-seeded Ohio State once the field of 68 narrows down to the field of 64.

College Basketball Betting at JustBet have the Roadrunners as a 4-point favorite and the over/under total at 130.

Alabama State (17-17, 11-7 SWAC) opened up the season by losing eight of its first nine games, and at one point in the season, the Hornets were 6-16 overall and 3-6 in conference play. They have been one of the hottest teams in college basketball since then, however, and won 10 of their final 11 games. They entered the SWAC tournament as a four seed and won all three games.

The Hornets made their run despite not having anyone on their team average over 13 points per game. Tramayne Moorer (12.5 ppg) and Tramaine Butler (10.9 ppg) are the only to Hornets to average double figures, but they get by on their depth. Thirteen Hornets average at least 12 minutes per game.

TX-San Antonio (19-13, 9-7 Southland) also had a slow start to the season and is a surprise team to make the tournament. The Roadrunners started out with a 6-7 record and entered the Southland conference tournament as the seven-seed. They went on to knock off the conference’s top three seeds in the conference tournament to advance to the field of 68.

Senior Devin Gibson leads the Roadrunners in scoring at 17.0 points per game. Gibson was named the conference tournament most valuable player, but it was forward Jeromie Hill that was the key figure in their 75-72 win over McNeese State in the tournament championship game. The freshman scored 25 points on 10-14 shooting.

By Hank Harris from Justbet Insider