White leads New Orleans against Texas after 24-point game

New Orleans Privateers (2-7, 0-1 Southland) at Texas Longhorns (9-2)

Austin, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Longhorns -34.5; over/under is 149

BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans visits Texas after James White scored 24 points in New Orleans’ 104-57 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes.

The Longhorns have gone 6-1 in home games. Texas is ninth in the SEC with 15.5 assists per game led by Julian Larry averaging 4.3.

The Privateers are 1-5 on the road. New Orleans has a 0-6 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

Texas’ average of 8.1 made 3-pointers per game is 1.5 fewer made shots on average than the 9.6 per game New Orleans gives up. New Orleans has shot at a 39.2% clip from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points less than the 39.6% shooting opponents of Texas have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tre Johnson averages 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Longhorns, scoring 19.9 points while shooting 43.3% from beyond the arc.

White is averaging 19.1 points and 7.3 rebounds for the Privateers.

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