Southern Illinois vs Evansville Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/17/23
Evansville Aces (4-15) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (14-5)
January 17, 2023 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Southern Illinois Salukis -17.5 / Evansville Aces +17.5; Over/Under: +124.5
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The Evansville Purple Aces and Southern Illinois Salukis meet Tuesday in college basketball action at the Banterra Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Evansville Purple Aces Preview
The Evansville Purple Aces are averaging 61.5 points on 39.2 percent shooting and allowing 74 points on 46.5 percent shooting. Kenny Strawbridge Jr. is averaging 15.8 points and 3.9 rebounds, while Yacine Toumi is averaging 10.2 points and 5.8 rebounds. Blaise Beauchamp is dishing 0.8 assists and Antoine Smith Jr. is grabbing 3 rebounds. The Evansville Purple Aces are shooting 31.1 percent from beyond the arc and 63.1 percent from the free throw line. The Evansville Purple Aces are allowing 37.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29.1 rebounds per game.
The Southern Illinois Salukis Preview
The Southern Illinois Salukis are averaging 66.8 points on 45.6 percent shooting and allowing 60.2 points on 41.2 percent shooting. Marcus Domask is averaging 16.5 points and 3.5 assists, while Lance Jones is averaging 14.4 points and 3.3 rebounds. Xavier Johnson is grabbing 3.4 rebounds and Clarence Rupert is grabbing 3.9 rebounds. The Southern Illinois Salukis are shooting 31 percent from beyond the arc and 74 percent from the free throw line. The Southern Illinois Salukis are allowing 31 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29 rebounds per game.
Evansville Purple Aces and Southern Illinois Salukis Trends
The Purple Aces are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 road games and 3-13-1 ATS in their last 17 games overall. The Salukis are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 Tuesday games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The over is 20-7 in Purple Aces last 27 overall. The under is 4-1-1 in Salukis last 6 overall. The underdog is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
Randy’s Free Pick
The Evansville Aces are a bad basketball team and there’s no other way to put it, especially lately where they’re losing their last 5 games by an average of 20 points while not playing a lick of defense. To make matters worse, Evansville doesn’t cover numbers either. The Southern Illinois Salukis should have their way in this game. I’ll lay the points.
