Who's Playing

Alabama A&M @ Southern

Regular Season Records: Alabama A&M 14-17; Southern 15-16

What to Know

The Alabama A&M Bulldogs and the Southern Jaguars are set to clash at 9:30 p.m. ET March 9 at Bartow Arena in the first round of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tourney. The Bulldogs will be strutting in after a win while Southern will be stumbling in from a defeat.

Alabama A&M is hoping for another victory. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Jaguars on Saturday, sneaking past 68-65.

Despite Alabama A&M winning this past one, the oddsmakers have Southern as a three-point favorite. Those playing the odds have seen things go back and forth with Alabama A&M, who are 14-14 against the spread.

A couple stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: The Bulldogs are stumbling into the matchup with the eighth most turnovers per game in college basketball, having accrued 14.9 on average. To make matters even worse for Alabama A&M, the Jaguars come into the game boasting the ninth most takeaways per game in college basketball at 17.3. So the cards are definitely stacked in Southern's favor.

How To Watch

  • When: Thursday at 9:30 p.m. ET
  • Where: Bartow Arena -- Birmingham, Alabama
  • Follow: CBS Sports App

Odds

The Jaguars are a 3-point favorite against the Bulldogs, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 3-point spread, and stayed right there.

Over/Under: -110

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Series History

Southern have won 11 out of their last 16 games against Alabama A&M.

  • Mar 04, 2023 - Alabama A&M 68 vs. Southern 65
  • Feb 04, 2023 - Alabama A&M 82 vs. Southern 61
  • Mar 05, 2022 - Southern 50 vs. Alabama A&M 49
  • Feb 05, 2022 - Southern 73 vs. Alabama A&M 64
  • Feb 24, 2021 - Southern 73 vs. Alabama A&M 57
  • Jan 23, 2021 - Alabama A&M 68 vs. Southern 58
  • Feb 24, 2020 - Southern 64 vs. Alabama A&M 37
  • Jan 27, 2020 - Southern 67 vs. Alabama A&M 46
  • Feb 23, 2019 - Southern 59 vs. Alabama A&M 49
  • Jan 26, 2019 - Alabama A&M 68 vs. Southern 62
  • Feb 19, 2018 - Southern 60 vs. Alabama A&M 50
  • Jan 22, 2018 - Southern 62 vs. Alabama A&M 61
  • Feb 18, 2017 - Southern 77 vs. Alabama A&M 64
  • Jan 21, 2017 - Southern 53 vs. Alabama A&M 52
  • Feb 22, 2016 - Alabama A&M 78 vs. Southern 66
  • Jan 25, 2016 - Southern 73 vs. Alabama A&M 52