The Illinois State Redbirds (11-20, 6-14 MVC) and Northern Iowa Panthers (13-17, 11th of September) meet Thursday at Enterprise Heart in St. Louis within the first spherical of the Missouri Valley Convention Match. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Under, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s traces across the Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa sport odds, and make our professional faculty basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Illinois State snapped a 6-game dropping skid with a 72-53 win over lowly Evansville within the regular-season finale Sunday. It was additionally the workforce’s first cowl in 7 video games, snapping a 0-6-1 against-the-spread (ATS) skid beforehand.
Northern Iowa dropped its remaining 2 video games, and eight of the final 9 video games of the common season, whereas protecting the unfold simply as soon as in its remaining 7 contests. The Over cashed within the remaining 4 outings and was 11-3-1 within the final 15 video games general.
UNI swept the regular-season sequence, profitable 66-60 at Redbird Area as a 1-point underdog because the Underneath (134.5) cashed on New 12 months’s Eve. The Panthers then posted a 65-63 residence win on Jan. 18, with ISU protecting (+8.5) and the Underneath (135) connecting.
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Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa odds
Offered by Tipico Sportsbook; entry USA TODAY Sports activities Scores and Sports activities Betting Odds hub for a full listing. Traces final up to date at 6:28 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Illinois State +145 (guess $100 to win $145) | Northern Iowa -180 (guess $180 to win $100)
- Towards the unfold: Illinois State +3.5 (-105) | Northern Iowa -3.5 (-115)
- Over/Underneath (O/U): 134.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa picks and predictions
Prediction
Northern Iowa 71, Illinois State 66
Moneyline
The moneyline is just a little on the steep facet as NORTHERN IOWA (-180) is correct at my private restrict for a standalone play.
UNI swept the regular-season sequence, and the Panthers have gained 9 straight conferences on this sequence courting again to Dec. 31, 2019.
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Towards the unfold
Whereas it’s troublesome to beat an opponent 3 instances in a single season, NORTHERN IOWA -3.5 (-115) appears to have Illinois State’s quantity.
Each groups are relatively dismal towards the quantity recently, with ISU simply 1-6-1 ATS previously 8 video games general and 0-4 ATS previously 4 at a impartial web site.
UNI has managed to cowl simply as soon as previously 7 outings, however it’s a stable 5-1 ATS previously 6 impartial web site contests. The latter, coupled with its dominance within the sequence, makes Northern Iowa the play.
Over/Underneath
OVER 134.5 (-110) is the lean, however go together with a half-unit play at most.
The full has gone excessive in 5 of the previous 7 video games general for Illinois State and is 5-2 in its final 7 neutral-site outings.
UNI cashed the Over within the remaining 4 regular-season video games and is 5-2-1 previously 8 video games following a non-cover and 5-2 previously 7 after a straight-up loss.
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