Whitley leads Southern against Xavier after 27-point game

Southern Jaguars (4-5) at Xavier Musketeers (7-3)

Cincinnati; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Xavier -21; over/under is 152.5

BOTTOM LINE: Southern faces the Xavier Musketeers after Brion Whitley scored 27 points in Southern's 98-76 win over the LSU-Alexandria Generals.

The Musketeers have gone 5-1 in home games. Xavier is fourth in college basketball with 19.9 assists per game led by Colby Jones averaging 5.6.

The Jaguars are 1-4 on the road. Southern is the top team in the SWAC scoring 13.8 fast break points per game.

TOP PERFORMERS: Souley Boum is shooting 51.4% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Musketeers, while averaging 17 points and 3.9 assists. Jack Nunge is shooting 53.6% and averaging 15.5 points for Xavier.

Whitley is scoring 12.4 points per game and averaging 2.1 rebounds for the Jaguars. Bryson Etienne is averaging 12.0 points and 3.1 rebounds for Southern.

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