The Indiana State Sycamores and the Missouri State Bears meet in college basketball action from the Great Southern Bank Arena on Sunday afternoon.
The Indiana State Sycamores will look to bounce back from a 69-61 loss to Southern Illinois lat time out. Courvoisier McCauley leads the Sycamores in scoring and rebounding with 16.6 PPG and 5.5 RPG while Cameron Henry has 10.5 PPG with 4.7 RPG and a team-high 3.7 APG as the Sycamores’ top assist man up to this point in the season. Cooper Neese also has 10.5 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Indiana State up to this point in the year. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 79.7 points per game on 48.1% shooting from the field, 33.5% from three point range and 75.4% from the foul line this season.
The Missouri State Bears will look to rebound from back-to-back road losses after a 76-66 OT loss to Illinois State last time out. Chance Moore leads the Bears in scoring with 13.2 PPG along with 4.5 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for the Bears up to this point in the season. Donovan Clay has 9.4 PPG with 5.9 RPG and a team-high 3.5 APG to lead the Bears in assists up to this point in the season. Jonathan Mogbo has a team-high 6.1 RPG to lead the Bears on the glass so far this year. As a team, Missouri State is averaging 66.3 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 59.3% from the foul line this season.
Indiana State is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 3-13 ATS in their last 16 games following an ATS loss while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Missouri State is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 0-7 ATS in their last 7 home games against a team with a winning road record while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games overall.
I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m sticking with Indiana State here. The underdog’s covered in 22 of the last 28 meetings between these two teams and Missouri State has had issues covering at home against the better teams that they’ve played. All in all, I’m not rushing to the window to bet this one, but I’ll side with Indiana State in this one.