Who's Playing
TX A&M-CC Islanders @ Incarnate Word Cardinals
Current Records: TX A&M-CC 12-6, Incarnate Word 9-8
How To Watch
- When: Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 6 p.m. ET
- Where: Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center -- San Antonio, Texas
- TV: ESPN Plus
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What to Know
TX A&M-CC is 8-2 against Incarnate Word since January of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. Both will face off in a Southland battle at 6:00 p.m. ET at Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center. The Cardinals are crawling into this match hobbled by three consecutive losses, while the Islanders will bounce in with five consecutive wins.
Last Monday, TX A&M-CC was able to grind out a solid win over Northwestern State, taking the game 73-64.
Meanwhile, the point spread may have favored Incarnate Word last Monday, but the final result did not. They took an 88-82 hit to the loss column at the hands of Nicholls. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
TX A&M-CC's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6. As for Incarnate Word, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-8.
Saturday's contest is shaping up to be a masterclass in shooting: TX A&M-CC just can't miss this season, having made 51.3% of their field goals per game (they're ranked third in field goal percentage overall). However, it's not like Incarnate Word struggles in that department as they've made 49.2% of theirs this season. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
As for their next game, TX A&M-CC is the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by 2.5 points. They might be worth a quick bet since they're sitting on a five game streak of covering the spread when expected to win.
Odds
TX A&M-CC is a slight 2.5-point favorite against Incarnate Word, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 2.5-point spread, and stayed right there.
The over/under is 149 points.
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Series History
TX A&M-CC has won 8 out of their last 10 games against Incarnate Word.
- Mar 06, 2024 - TX A&M-CC 71 vs. Incarnate Word 52
- Jan 06, 2024 - TX A&M-CC 75 vs. Incarnate Word 65
- Jan 07, 2023 - TX A&M-CC 80 vs. Incarnate Word 71
- Jan 04, 2023 - TX A&M-CC 91 vs. Incarnate Word 61
- Mar 05, 2022 - TX A&M-CC 77 vs. Incarnate Word 68
- Jan 15, 2022 - TX A&M-CC 80 vs. Incarnate Word 64
- Feb 06, 2021 - Incarnate Word 58 vs. TX A&M-CC 53
- Jan 23, 2021 - Incarnate Word 72 vs. TX A&M-CC 53
- Feb 29, 2020 - TX A&M-CC 78 vs. Incarnate Word 70
- Jan 25, 2020 - TX A&M-CC 68 vs. Incarnate Word 47