Texas Southern vs. Alcorn State prediction: Why Texas Southern is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Alcorn State will take on Texas Southern, in what is expected to be a tight men's college basketball game, at Davey L. Whitney Complex on Saturday, beginning at 4:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives Texas Southern a slight edge with a 53% win probability over Alcorn State.

This article offers further insights into Saturday's Texas Southern vs. Alcorn State matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Texas Southern vs. Alcorn State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Texas Southern and Alcorn State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Texas Southern a 53% chance of beating Alcorn State. Our predicted score is Texas Southern 73-73 Alcorn State.

According to our model, Texas Southern (+1.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 147.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

While there is no way for a men's college basketball game to end in a tie, our prediction of 73-73 is based on each team's average score in the above-mentioned simulations of Texas Southern vs. Alcorn State.

Texas Southern vs. Alcorn State odds

We have researched the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Texas Southern vs. Alcorn State picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: