Texas Southern hosts Texas State following Pope’s 24-point outing

Texas State Bobcats (4-3) at Texas Southern Tigers (1-5)

Houston; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bobcats -5.5; over/under is 140.5

BOTTOM LINE: Texas State visits Texas Southern after Tylan Pope scored 24 points in Texas State’s 74-65 win against the Ohio Bobcats.

The Tigers are 1-0 in home games. Texas Southern is 1-4 in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Bobcats are 0-2 on the road. Texas State has a 2-2 record in games decided by 10 or more points.

Texas Southern is shooting 42.1% from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point lower than the 43.1% Texas State allows to opponents. Texas State averages 4.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 6.6 fewer made shots on average than the 11.5 per game Texas Southern gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kavion McClain is shooting 48.4% and averaging 12.8 points for the Tigers.

Kaden Gumbs is averaging 16.6 points, 3.6 assists and 1.7 steals for the Bobcats.

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