Tulane takes on Mississippi State

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
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Mississippi State Bulldogs (6-2) vs. Tulane Green Wave (6-1)

Atlanta; Saturday, 11:30 a.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -8.5; over/under is 152.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Tulane Green Wave square off in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Green Wave have a 6-1 record in non-conference games. Tulane is the top team in the AAC with 40.6 points in the paint led by Kevin Cross averaging 9.7.

The Bulldogs have a 6-2 record in non-conference games. Mississippi State is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Tulane makes 53.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 16.5 percentage points higher than Mississippi State has allowed to its opponents (36.6%). Mississippi State has shot at a 41.4% rate from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point below the 42.4% shooting opponents of Tulane have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cross is scoring 19.5 points per game and averaging 7.7 rebounds for the Green Wave. Sion James is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers for Tulane.

Josh Hubbard is scoring 16.0 points per game and averaging 2.5 rebounds for the Bulldogs. Dashawn Davis is averaging 9.0 points and 1.5 rebounds for Mississippi State.

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