Evansville vs Northern Iowa 1/26/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Northern Iowa Panthers (9-9) vs. Evansville Aces (5-13)
January 26, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Evansville Aces +10 / Northern Iowa Panthers -10; Over/Under: -132.5
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The Northern Iowa Panthers and the Evansville Aces meet in college basketball action from the Ford Center on Wednesday night.
The Northern Iowa Panthers will look to rebound from an 82-74 OT loss to Drake last time out. AJ Green leads the Panthers in scoring with 18.3 PPG while Noah Carter has 13.9 PPG and Nate Heise has 10.3 PPG and a team-high 5 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for UNI this season as the Panthers’ top rebounder. Trae Berhow has 9.3 PPG and 5 RPG of his own this season. As a team, Northern Iowa is averaging 74.9 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three and 76.6% from the foul line while allowing 70.8 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 34.4% from three this season.
The Evansville Aces will try to will look to build on their 56-53 win over Illinois State in their last game. Shamar Givance leads the Aces in scoring and assists with 14.3 PPG and 3.7 APG while Jawaun Newton has 13.6 PPG with a team-high 5.8 RPG to lead the Aces on the glass and to make up the other half of the pair of double-digit scorers for Evansville up to this point in the season. As a team, Evansville is averaging 59.3 PPG on 39.5% shooting from the field, 31.6% from three and 71.4% from the foul line while allowing 68.6 PPG on 48.8% shooting from the field and 40.2% from three this season.
Northern Iowa is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 8-20-1 ATS in their last 29 games as a favorite while the over is 9-0 in their last 9 games overall. Evansville is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as an underdog.
I get the case to be made for a home dog in most spots, but Evansville might be the worst team in the MVC this season. Northern Iowa isn’t a team that I’ve had many high hopes for this season, but the Panthers have played well early on in conference play this season and I just think that the Panthers win this one by 11-13 points so I’ll lay the points with Northern Iowa here.
