The Northern Kentucky Norse and the Indiana Hoosiers meet in college basketball action from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Wednesday night.
The Northern Kentucky Norse will look to bounce back from an 81-68 OT loss to Eastern Kentucky last time out. Marques Warrick leads the Norse in scoring with 12.8 PPG while Trevon Faulkner has 12.1 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for the Norse up to this point in the season. Sam Vinson has 9.8 PPG with 3.6 RPG and a team-high 3.7 APG to lead the Norse in assists while Adrian Nelson has a team-high 8.7 RPG to lead the Norse on the glass this season. As a team, Northern Kentucky is averaging 70.9 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field, 34.9% from three and 68.5% from the foul line while allowing 68.4 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field and 29.5% from three this season.
The Indiana Hoosiers will be looking to build on a 64-56 win over Notre Dame last time out. Trayce Jackson-Davis leads the Hoosiers in scoring and rebounding with 19.1 PPG and 8.7 RPG while Race Thompson has 10.6 PPG with 8.2 RPG while Xavier Johnson has 10.3 PPG with 3.7 RPG and a team-high 4.2 APG to lead the Hoosiers in assists and cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Indiana so far this season. As a team, Indiana is averaging 77 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field, 37.3% from three and 67.8% from the foul line while allowing 61.7 PPG on 35% shooting from the field and 27.6% from three this season.
Northern Kentucky is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 road games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. Indiana is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 Wednesday games while the under is 12-3 in their last 15 games overall.
I get the allure of points with Northern Kentucky, but the Norse just haven’t been playing well enough to warrant siding with them on the road against an Indiana team that’s been playing their best ball this season at home. I think this is a spot where the Hoosiers could easily win by 20+, so give me the Hoosiers laying the points here.