The New Orleans Privateers and the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at UD Arena.
MyBookie Sportsbook opened the Privateers as -2.5-point favorites versus the Mountaineers, while the game’s total opened at 131.
The current line is PK in this First Four game at the March Madness 2017.
Mount St. Mary’s won its last outing, a 71-61 result against Red Flash on March 07. They covered in that game as a -5-point favorite.
In their last action, New Orleans was a 68-65 winner at home against Islanders. They covered the -1.5-point spread as favorites.
Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers defeated Saint Francis on March 7th to Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament and return to the NCAA tourney after two years’ absence. As was the case in each of the Mount’s previous four trips to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, the Mountaineers are a No. 16 seed, as are the Privateers. UNO beat Texas A&M–Corpus Christi on March 10th to win the Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament and make their first appearance in the NCAA tourney since 1996. The ‘Teers are averaging 73.1 points, 35.9 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 7.8 steals and 3.1 blocks per game, which is part of what makes them favorites on Tuesday. However, it could be argued that the winner of this matchup will in fact be the loser, since a win in the First Round would propel either school into a Second Round game with No. 1 overall seed Villanova on Thursday, March 16th.
New Orleans Stats:
Team record: 20-11 SU,2-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Mount St. Mary’s Stats:
Team record: 19-15 SU,4-3 ATS
Current Streak: won 4 straight games.
