White leads New Orleans against No. 17 Baylor

New Orleans Privateers (2-4) at Baylor Bears (4-2)

Waco, Texas; Wednesday, 2 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bears -33.5; over/under is 150

BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans faces No. 17 Baylor after James White scored 31 points in New Orleans’ 93-87 overtime victory against the Tulane Green Wave.

The Bears are 2-0 in home games. Baylor averages 84.0 points while outscoring opponents by 8.8 points per game.

The Privateers have gone 1-2 away from home. New Orleans is ninth in the Southland scoring 69.5 points per game and is shooting 39.2%.

Baylor averages 84.0 points per game, 3.8 more points than the 80.2 New Orleans gives up. New Orleans’ 39.2% shooting percentage from the field this season is 9.6 percentage points lower than Baylor has given up to its opponents (48.8%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Jayden Nunn averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Bears, scoring 11.2 points while shooting 42.9% from beyond the arc.

White is averaging 20.7 points and 8.5 rebounds for the Privateers.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.