Indiana vs Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Prediction 11-6-24 College Basketball Picks

The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars and the Indiana Hoosiers meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Indiana vs Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Prediction.

SIU-Edwardsville Recap

The SIU-Edwardsville Cougars come into this one looking to build on their season-opening 95-42 rout of subdivision Westminster last time out. After this game, SIUE will continue their road trek to take on Illinois.

Cougars Get In Win Column First

Raysean Taylor led the Cougars with 15 points along with a team-high 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals for the double-double while Brian Taylor II had 15 points on 5 of 8 shooting with a pair of threes as well. Myles Thompson added 8 rebounds while Ring Malith had 7 points and 7 rebounds. As a team, SIU-Edwardsville is averaging 95 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field, 27.7% from three and 61.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the SIU Edwardsville Cougars will win

• SIU Edwardsville has won three of its last four night games against non-Conference opponents.

Indiana Recap

The Indiana Hoosiers come into this 2024-25 season looking to build on a 19-14 record overall from 2023-24, including a 10-10 mark in Big Ten conference play. Losing Kel’El Ware and Xavier Johnson stinks, but Indiana brought back three double-digit scorers from last year in Trey Galloway, Mackenzie Mgbako and Malik Reneau while also hitting the jackpot in the portal, bringing in four more double-digit scorers including Myles Rice (14.8 PPG, 3.8 APG) from Washington State, Oumar Ballo (12.9 PPG, 10.1 RPG) from Arizona, Kanaan Carlyle (11.5 PPG) from Stanford and Langdon Hatton (10.5 PPG, 7.1 RPG) from Bellarmine). The Hoosiers have a ton of potential after striking gold in the offseason, now it’s about turning that potential into a reality.

Why the Indiana Hoosiers will win

• Indiana has won each of its last 20 night games against non-Conference opponents at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
• SIU Edwardsville has lost each of its last six road games against non-Conference opponents.

Indiana vs Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Prediction

I’m on Indiana here. I get the allure of an underdog, but the Hoosiers are absolutely loaded and are looking like their fellow athletes on the football field where this Hoosiers team is primed and ready to take a next step in their progression. SIUE had a nice win over a subdivision opponent, but that’s about where it ends for me as Indiana’s just the far better team here. Give me the Hoosiers in a blowout.