Incarnate Word at East Texas A&M odds, tips and betting trends

USA Today

25-02-2025

The East Texas A&M Lions (4-25, 2-16 Southland) will look to break a three-game home losing streak when they square off against the Incarnate Word Cardinals (15-14, 8-10 Southland) on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Texas A&M-Commerce Field House. The matchup airs at 3:15 PM ET on ESPN+. Below, we dig into the East Texas A&M vs. Incarnate Word odds and lines for this matchup.
The Lions and the Cardinals square off with no line currently set for the matchup.
East Texas A&M is 14-15-0 against the spread this season compared to Incarnate Word's 14-12-0 ATS record. The Lions have a 15-14-0 record going over the point total, while games involving the Cardinals have a record of 10-16-0 when it comes to hitting the over. In the past 10 contests, East Texas A&M is 6-4 against the spread and 2-8 overall while Incarnate Word has gone 6-4 against the spread and 6-4 overall.
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East Texas A&M vs. Incarnate Word prediction
Incarnate Word 71, East Texas A&M 69
Against the spread
East Texas A&M has covered 14 times in 29 matchups with a spread this season.
Incarnate Word has won 14 games against the spread this year, while failing to cover 12 times.
The 64.3 points per game the Lions put up are the same as the Cardinals give up.
East Texas A&M is 6-3 against the spread and 3-6 overall when scoring more than 68.7 points.
Incarnate Word has a 9-0 record against the spread and an 11-0 record overall when allowing fewer than 64.3 points.
The Cardinals score just 1.8 fewer points per game (73.6) than the Lions give up to opponents (75.4).
Incarnate Word is 4-4 against the spread and 7-4 overall when it scores more than 75.4 points.
East Texas A&M's record is 7-2 against the spread and 4-6 overall when it gives up fewer than 73.6 points.
Players to watch
East Texas A&M
Scooter Williams Jr. records a team-high 11.4 points per game. He is also putting up 3.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists, shooting 41.0% from the floor and 24.8% from downtown with 1.2 made 3-pointers per contest.
Josh Taylor is tops on the Lions at 4.2 rebounds per contest, while also averaging 0.9 assists and 5.8 points.
Khaliq Abdul-Mateen puts up 8.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest. At the other end, he delivers 1.1 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
Incarnate Word
Jalin Anderson is averaging a team-leading 5.0 assists per game. And he is delivering 14.5 points and 3.2 rebounds, making 40.0% of his shots from the floor and 39.0% from 3-point range, with 1.6 triples per game.
Davion Bailey is the Cardinals' top scorer (16.4 points per game), and he produces 1.0 assists and 2.9 rebounds.
Dylan Hayman gives the Cardinals 14.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. He also delivers 0.8 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.