The Missouri State Bears and the Indiana State Sycamores meet in college basketball action from the Hulman Center on Tuesday night.
The Missouri State Bears will look to build on their 79-69 win over Loyola-Chicago last time out. Isiaih Mosley leads the Bears in scoring with 21.1 PPG along with 5.4 RPG while Gaige Prim has 13.8 PPG and a team-high 8.2 RPG to lead the Bears on the glass. Jaylen Minnett has 9.6 PPG and Ja’Monta Black has 10.5 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Missouri State up to this point in the season. As a team, Missouri State is averaging 79.1 PPG on 49.2% shooting from the field, 40.1% from three and 79.2% from the foul line while allowing 67.5 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field and 32.4% from three this season.
The Indiana State Sycamores will try to snap a four-game losing skid after a 75-73 loss to Valparaiso last time out. Cameron Henry leads the Sycamores in scoring and rebounding with 15.1 PPG and 5.9 RPG while Cooper Neese has 14.7 PPG with 4 RPG and 2 APG. Micah Thomas has 11.5 PPG and Xavier Bledson has 11.8 PPG with 4.2 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for the Sycamores so far this season. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 73.3 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field, 34% from three and 75% from the foul line while allowing 70.4 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field and 35.3% from three this season.
Missouri State is 13-2-2 ATS in their last 17 games as a road favorite and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. Indiana State is 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 home games against a team with a winning road record and 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 home games against a team with a road winning percentage above .600 while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record.
I get why you’d favor Missouri State on the road here after the win over the Ramblers last time out. However, I think there could be a bit of a hangover for Missouri State in that regard as this Indiana State team can be kind of hard to get up for after that. I look for this game to be tight near the end a three-point game either way wouldn’t surprise me. Give me Indiana State and the points here.