Northern Iowa vs Northern Illinois 11/26/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Northern Illinois Huskies (2-4) vs. Northern Iowa Panthers (1-3)
November 26, 2022 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: Northern Iowa Panthers -11.5 / Northern Illinois Huskies +11.5; Over/Under: +135.5
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The Northern Illinois Huskies and the Northern Iowa Panthers meet in college basketball action from the McLeod Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Northern Illinois Huskies will try to build on an 86-61 win over LIU in their last game. Keshawn Williams leads the Huskies in scoring with 17 PPG along with 3.7 RPG and 2.8 APG while David Colt has 14.7 PPG and Zarique Nutter has 13.2 PPG and a team-high 7.2 RPG to lead the Huskies on the glass up to this point in the year and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Northern Illinois so far this season. Kaleb Thornton also has a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Huskies in the assist department this season. As a team, Northern Illinois is averaging 68.7 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field, 30.7% from three and 61.1% from the foul line this season.
The Northern Iowa Panthers will try to snap a three-game losing streak after a 69-67 loss to Grand Canyon last time out. Bowen Born leads the Panthers in scoring and assists with 17.8 PPG and 2.5 APG while Tytan Anderson has 12.8 PPG with a team-high 11 RPG to lead the Panthers on the glass. Nate Heise has 12 PPG to round out the group double-digit scorers for the Panthers up to this point in the year. As a team, Northern Iowa is averaging 74 points per game on 47.7% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three point range and 57.6% from the foul line this season.
Northern Illinois is 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games overall and 9-3 ATS in their last 12 road games while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 games overall. Northern Iowa is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games while the over is 28-9 in their last 37 games following a win.
I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m sticking with the under here. I have a hard time trusting either side to produce enough offense to get us up and over this total and I’m not laying points with the Panthers based on potential and the fact that they’re due for a solid performance. I’ll side with the under here.
