Northern Iowa vs Evansville 1/2/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Evansville Aces (4-8) vs. Northern Iowa Panthers (4-7)
January 2, 2022 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: Northern Iowa Panthers -11 / Evansville Aces +11; Over/Under: -129.5
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The Evansville Purple Aces and Northern Iowa Panthers meet Sunday in college basketball action at the McLeod Center. The Evansville Purple Aces need a win after losing six of their last eight games. The Northern Iowa Panthers need a win after losing four of their last six games.
The Evansville Purple Aces are averaging 61.8 points on 40.8 percent shooting and allowing 65.8 points on 46.4 percent shooting. Shamar Givance is averaging 15 points and 4.4 rebounds, while Jawaun Newton is averaging 14 points and 6.1 rebounds. Noah Frederking is dishing 1 assist and Antonie Smith Jr. is grabbing 2 rebounds. The Evansville Purple Aces are shooting 32.4 percent from beyond the arc and 68.2 percent from the free throw line. The Evansville Purple Aces are allowing 37.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 27.7 rebounds per game.
The Northern Iowa Panthers are averaging 71.4 points on 44.5 percent shooting and allowing 68.9 points on 43.9 percent shooting. AJ Green is averaging 16.9 points and 2 assists, while Noah Carter is averaging 11.5 points and 2.7 rebounds. Nate Heise is the third double-digit scorer and Austin Phyfe is dishing 2.3 assists. The Northern Iowa Panthers are shooting 34.6 percent from beyond the arc and 72.2 percent from the free throw line. The Northern Iowa Panthers are allowing 34.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 31.8 rebounds per game.
The Purple Aces are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 road games. The Panthers are 5-15-1 ATS in their last 21 home games and 9-24-1 ATS in their last 34 games overall. The over is 10-4-1 in Purple Aces last 15 road games. The under is 5-1 in Panthers last 6 home games. The home team is 7-3-1 ATS in the last 11 meetings.
Tough to cap this game considering neither of these teams have played in a while. The Evansville Purple Aces haven’t seen the court since December 8. With that said, the Northern Iowa Panthers are the better team clearly on both ends of the floor, and they’ll have the best player on the court here as well. Thick number and UNI has had issues covering numbers, but it’s the Panthers or pass. Evansville is awful.
