The Hartford Hawks and the Chicago State Cougars meet in college basketball action from the Jones Convocation Center on Sunday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Chicago State is listed as a 14.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -1200. The total for this game is set at 134.5 points.
Injuries
Neither side has anyone new listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.
Matchup History
Chicago State won the lone meeting between these two teams by a final score of 62-49 back on February 4th. 2023.
Trends
Hartford is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 road games while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 road games. Chicago State is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall while the under is 22-8-1 in their last 31 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.
Pick
I’m backing the Hawks here. I get why Chicago State’s a decent-sized favorite here, but the thing is I don’t love laying this kind of numbers with some of the country’s top teams let alone Chicago State and this is the swan song for Hartford with this being their last game of the season and last game in D-I before dropping to D-III. I think we see a solid effort here and Hartford leaves it all out on the floor to finish things off. Give me Hartford and the points here.