Tennessee Volunteers vs Mississippi State Bulldogs: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/26/2021

Yves Pons leads the No. 18 Tennessee Volunteers (10-3) into a matchup against the Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-7) after putting up 20 points in a 73-64 loss to Missouri. The Bulldogs are 9-point underdogs in the matchup on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, which tips off at 7:00 PM ET on SECN. The over/under is set at 126.5 for the matchup.

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ATS Records for Tennessee and Mississippi State

Tennessee Leaders

• The Volunteers points and rebounds leader is John Fulkerson. He scores 11.8 points per game and grabs 6.2 rebounds.
• Santiago Vescovi paces the squad with 3.4 assists per game.
• The Volunteers are led by Vescovi from long distance -- he hits 2.1 shots from downtown per game.
• Tennessee's blocks leader is Pons, who averages 2.0 per game. Josiah-Jordan James leads the team averaging 1.5 steals a game.

Mississippi State Leaders

• D.J. Stewart owns the Bulldogs top spot in scoring with 18.0 points per game and also tacks on 3.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest.
• The Bulldogs leaders in rebounds and assists are Tolu Smith (8.8 rebounds per game) and Iverson Molinar (3.2 assists per game).
• Stewart makes more threes per game than any other member of the Bulldogs, cashing in 1.6 treys per game.
• Mississippi State's Molinar has the top spot on the team's steals leaderboard with 1.4 per game and Abdul Ado is first in blocks with 1.9 per game.

Tennessee vs Mississippi State: Last 2 Meetings

The record between Tennessee and Mississippi State is tied 1-1 over the past two matchups. The Volunteers and the Bulldogs have a tied 0-0 record ATS in those head-to-head meetings.

Points Insights

• The Volunteers put up 74 points per game, 6.9 more points than the 67.1 the Bulldogs give up.
• Tennessee is 6-0 against the spread and 8-0 overall when scoring more than 67.1 points.
• In games when Mississippi State allows more than 74 points, it is 1-3 against the spread and 1-4 overall.
• The Bulldogs score an average of 71.8 points per game, 12 more points than the 59.8 the Volunteers allow to opponents.
• Mississippi State has put together a 9-4 overall record and a 9-0 ATS record in games it scores more than 59.8 points.
• Tennessee is 1-2 against the spread and 1-2 overall when it allows more than 71.8 points.
• The Volunteers have out-scored their opponents by a total of 185 points this season (14.2 points per game on average), and the Bulldogs have put up 75 more points than their opponents on the year (4.7 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Volunteers and the Bulldogs rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 36 and 37.1 boards per game, respectively.
• The Bulldogs are 8-2 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Volunteers are 3-2 when they lose the battle on the glass
• The Volunteers and the Bulldogs are evenly matched on the offensive boards this season, with the teams averaging 11.3 and 11.9 offensive rebounds per game, respectively.
• When the Bulldogs grab the most offensive rebounds they are 6-3 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, the Volunteers are 3-1.
• Both teams thrive on the boards. Tennessee records an average rebounding margin of +4.6 rebounds per game. Mississippi State averages a margin of +7.8 rebounds.