Texas Southern Tigers square off against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights in First 4

Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (19-15, 10-6 NEC) vs. Texas Southern Tigers (14-20, 7-11 SWAC)

Dayton, Ohio; Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Texas Southern -2; over/under is 145.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Southern Tigers take on the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights in the First Four round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Tigers have gone 7-11 against SWAC opponents, with a 7-9 record in non-conference play. Texas Southern is the SWAC leader with 34.1 rebounds per game led by Joirdon Karl Nicholas averaging 8.9.

The Knights' record in NEC play is 10-6. Fairleigh Dickinson leads the NEC scoring 77.8 points per game while shooting 45.5%.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nicholas is averaging 10.7 points and 8.9 rebounds for the Tigers. PJ Henry is averaging 2.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Texas Southern.

Joe Munden Jr. is averaging 10.4 points for the Knights. Ansley Almonor is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Fairleigh Dickinson.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 6-4, averaging 69.4 points, 33.6 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 6.5 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.3 points per game.

Knights: 5-5, averaging 76.1 points, 30.4 rebounds, 15.6 assists, 7.1 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.4 points.

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