#306533/306534 ASA PLAY ON Under 142.5 Points – Texas Southern vs Southern, Monday at 9 PM ET - The 2 top defensive efficiency teams in the SWAC face off tonight in Baton Rouge. They are also #1 and #2 in the conference in eFG% allowed while giving up just 65 PPG (Southern) and 66 PPG (Texas Southern). In league play Texas Southern’s defense allows opponents to shoot just 38% (best in the SWAC) while Southern is allowing just 40% from the field (2nd best). We could also see a number of wasted possessions in this game as both teams rank in the top 100 nationally at creating turnovers while both offenses rank outside the top 240 in turnover rate. These 2 met back in January and totaled just 125 total points with Southern winning 68-57. That’s been a common theme in this rivalry with the total points scored in their last 7 meetings looking like this (starting with most recent)…125, 124, 119, 147, 126 (in regulation), 128, and 113. These teams do like to play up tempo but that didn’t matter in the first meeting as the defenses are absolutely the strength of both teams with the offenses ranking outside the top 300 in both efficiency and eFG%. If we look at these teams vs the top 5 defensive teams in the SWAC (defensive efficiency), they’ve faced those teams a total of 8 times combined and only one of those games has topped 143 total points. Six of those eight games didn’t even reach 130 total points. The total points scored in those 8 games vs the top 5 defensive teams in the conference was 131. We don’t see this match up reaching 140 total points so we’ll grab the Under.