Southern Methodist pays a visit to Tulane on Wednesday, hoping to send the Green Wave to a loss while covering the college basketball spread at Fogelman Arena.

Supporters of the Mustangs have watched them go 10-9 and 7-8 ATS on the year, while the Green Wave are at 13-6 and 6-6 ATS. In totals betting, the Green Wave are 3-9, while the Mustangs have a 7-8 mark.



View Southern Methodist vs Tulane Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
College basketball odds makers opened the Green Wave as 4.5-point favorites in this matchupl.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 106 (Green Wave) and the No. 191 (Mustangs) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 71-64 result in favor of the Green Wave has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Tulane's No. 222 nationally ranked offense (66.1 points per game) against a Mustangs defense that sits as the No. 23 at 59.4 PPG. The Green Wave have been averaging 42.7% from the field, more than the Mustangs have managed so far this season (42.1% on average).

Comparing how these foes stack up statistically, Southern Methodist owns the country's No. 27-rated mark, allowing 61.9 points per game on the highway. Tulane, on the other hand, rates No. 185 in scoring at home.

Southern Methodist was a 63-45 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Memphis. They failed to cover the 12.5-point spread as underdogs. Southern Methodist got 10 points from Jalen Jones but lost anyway, 63-45, to Memphis on Saturday at FedExForum.

Tulane won its last outing, a 66-58 result against Texas El Paso on January 21. They covered in that game as a 2.5-point favorite. Tulane got 22 points from Ricky Tarrant en route to a 66-58 victory over Texas El Paso on Saturday at Fogelman Arena.


Southern Methodist Mustangs Trends:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Tulsa are 5-5
After playing Memphis are 6-4
After a loss are 7-3

Tulane Green Wave Trends:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Rice are 4-6
After playing Texas El Paso are 1-6
After a win are 7-3

A few Mustangs at Green Wave trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Southern Methodist's last 14 games on the road
Southern Methodist is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Southern Methodist is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tulane
Southern Methodist is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tulane
Tulane is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
Tulane is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Southern Methodist
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tulane's last 7 games when playing Southern Methodist
Tulane is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games


Next up:
Southern Methodist home to Tulsa, Saturday, January 28
Tulane at Rice, Saturday, January 28