Who’s Enjoying
Japanese Illinois @ Iowa
Present Information: Japanese Illinois 3-9; Iowa 8-3
What to Know
The Iowa Hawkeyes will keep at residence one other sport and welcome the Japanese Illinois Panthers at 3:30 p.m. ET Dec. 21 at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment. These two groups search to proceed their momentum from their earlier wins.
The Hawkeyes took their sport at residence this previous Saturday with ease, bagging a 106-75 victory over the SE Missouri State Redhawks. Iowa’s ahead Filip Rebraca did his factor and had 30 factors and 6 assists together with 9 rebounds.
In the meantime, after fixed struggles on the highway, EIU has lastly discovered some success away from residence. They loved a comfortable 70-59 win over the IUPUI Jaguars this previous Saturday.
Iowa is the favourite on this one, with an anticipated 32.5-point (!) margin of victory. They’ve been good in opposition to the unfold at residence whereas EIU has been good in opposition to the unfold on the highway, so one thing should give.
The wins introduced Iowa as much as 8-3 and the Panthers to 3-9. A pair of stats to control: The Hawkeyes rank seventeenth in faculty basketball in terms of turnovers per sport, with solely 10.5 on common. However EIU comes into the matchup boasting the twenty eighth most takeaways per sport in faculty basketball at 17.6. We’ll see which of those strengths — offense or protection — will win out.
How To Watch
- When: Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. ET
- The place: Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment — Iowa Metropolis, Iowa
- TV: BTN Plus
- Observe: CBS Sports activities App
- Ticket Price: $2.00
Odds
The Hawkeyes are a giant 32.5-point favourite in opposition to the Panthers, in keeping with the newest faculty basketball odds.
The road has drifted a bit in the direction of the Hawkeyes, as the sport opened with the Hawkeyes as a 30.5-point favourite.
Over/Underneath: -110
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Collection Historical past
That is the primary time these groups have performed one another inside the final seven years.