LSU vs. Alcorn State betting: College basketball preview for Nov. 18

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The Alcorn State Braves (0-5) are heavy underdogs (+32.5) as they attempt to end a five-game losing streak when they visit the LSU Tigers (3-0) at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The matchup airs on SEC Network+. The matchup has an over/under set at 155.5 points.

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LSU Cover -32.5 vs Alcorn State -112

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LSU vs. Alcorn State betting lines

  • Spread: LSU (-32.5)
  • Total: 155.5

LSU statistics, trends and more

As the home team

  • LSU did a better job covering the spread at home (9-9-0) last season than it did in road tilts (3-6-1).
  • The Tigers hit the over on the over/under in 10 of 18 home games (55.6%) last year, compared to four of 10 road games (40%).

Last season stats

  • Offensively, the Tigers were the 179th-ranked team in college basketball (73.8 points per game) last year. On defense, they were 228th (73.6 points conceded per game).
  • On the glass, LSU was 156th in the nation in rebounds (32.4 per game) last year. It was 21st-worst in rebounds conceded (34.4 per game).
  • Last season the Tigers were ranked 241st in the nation in assists with 12.8 per game.

LSU betting records last season

  • ATS Record: 13-18-1 (Home: 9-9-0; Away: 3-6-1)
  • ATS Record When Favored by 32.5+: 1-0-0 (As Favorite: 7-4-0; As Underdog: 6-14-1)
  • O-U-P: 16-16-0 (Home: 10-8-0; Away: 4-6-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 11-0 (Home: 10-0; Away: 0-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 3-18 (Home: 1-7; Away: 2-8)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
44.5 (179th in nation) 42.5 (93rd) 32.4 (156th) 34.4 (338th) 12.8 (241st) 12.3 (288th)

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Alcorn State statistics, trends and more

As the away team

  • Alcorn State was better against the spread at home (6-3-0) than on the road (11-10-0) last season.
  • Looking at the over/under, Braves games went over less often at home (one of nine, 11.1%) than away (11 of 21, 52.4%) last year.
  • The Braves, as moneyline underdogs, won a higher percentage of games at home (2-1) than away (3-14) last season.

Last season stats

  • While the Braves ranked in the bottom 25 in the nation in points per game last season with 65.0 (sixth-worst), they ranked 185th in college basketball with 72.1 points surrendered per contest.
  • Last year Alcorn State pulled down 31.0 boards per game (234th-ranked in college basketball) and gave up 30.6 rebounds per contest (142nd-ranked).
  • Looking at assists, the Braves put up just 10.3 assists per game (second-worst in college basketball).

Alcorn State betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 2-3-0 (Home: 0-0-0; Away: 2-3-0)
  • O-U-P: 3-2-0 (Home: 0-0-0; Away: 3-2-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 0-0 (Home: 0-0; Away: 0-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 0-5 (Home: 0-0; Away: 0-5)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
42.7 (281st in nation) 52.8 (359th) 23.0 (365th) 34.6 (288th) 11.0 (333rd) 16.4 (355th)
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