Southern Illinois Salukis vs TX San Antonio Roadrunners Point Spread Picks

This is a neutral-site game in Orlando, Florida, at the Sunshine Slam. Texas-San Antonio comes off a winning season and had to play Oklahoma in the opener. It was tied at the half and for the game they held the Sooners to 5-of-25 from long range. They are 13-5 UNDER the total after a defeat and 15-5 UNDER when following a spread loss. Texas-San Antonio has a terrific backcourt in junior guards Jhivvan Jackson and Keaton Wallace, who led the nation's backcourts in scoring last season. They are on a 17-8 ATS run, 9-4 ATS when following a spread loss. Southern Illinois has a new coach in Bryan Mullins, the Missouri Valley conference's youngest head coach. They are rebuilding, returning only two key players as six seniors graduated, including SIU's top three scorers. Southern Illinois is on a 12-5 run UNDER the total at neutral-site games and has failed to cover five of the last seven versus Conference USA. Play Texas-San Antonio and the UNDER.