Texas Southern visits Alabama State following Harris ‘ 26-point showing

Texas Southern Tigers (7-10, 6-0 SWAC) at Alabama State Hornets (5-13, 3-3 SWAC)

Montgomery, Alabama; Monday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Alabama State hosts Texas Southern after Cordasia Harris scored 26 points in Alabama State’s 68-62 victory against the Prairie View A&M Panthers.

The Hornets are 5-1 in home games. Alabama State allows 74.4 points to opponents and has been outscored by 27.1 points per game.

The Tigers are 6-0 in SWAC play. Texas Southern is 0-1 in one-possession games.

Alabama State is shooting 31.2% from the field this season, 8.6 percentage points lower than the 39.8% Texas Southern allows to opponents. Texas Southern averages 67.4 points per game, 7.0 fewer points than the 74.4 Alabama State gives up to opponents.

The Hornets and Tigers match up Monday for the first time in SWAC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Taylor Smith averages 0.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Hornets, scoring 6.2 points while shooting 15.9% from beyond the arc. Harris is averaging 12.2 points and nine rebounds over the past 10 games.

Courtlyn Loudermill averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Tigers, scoring 13.3 points while shooting 30.8% from beyond the arc. Aylasia Fantroy is averaging 12.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hornets: 3-7, averaging 49.8 points, 33.7 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 6.5 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 33.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.0 points per game.

Tigers: 6-4, averaging 66.9 points, 36.8 rebounds, 12.1 assists, 8.4 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 38.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.9 points.

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