Southern Illinois vs Indiana State Prediction 3/6/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Indiana State Sycamores and the Southern Illinois Salukis meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Enterprise Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Southern Illinois vs Indiana State Prediction.

Matchup History

Indiana State won the lone meeting this season at home against the Salukis by a final score of 95-77. The win made it six straight meetings in this head-to-head series without back-to-back winners.

Indiana State Recap

The Indiana State Sycamores come into this game as the 9-seed in the conference tournament, finishing the year with an overall record of 14-17 including 8-12 in MVC conference play.

Sycamores. Looking To Replicate Success Vs. SIU

Samage Teel leads the Sycamores in scoring and assists with 17.1 PPG and 5.2 APG along with 4.2 RPG while Jaden Daughtry has 13 PPG with 4.2 RPG as well on the year. He is the only other double-digit scorer for Indiana State so far this season. K’mani Doughty has 8.3 PPG with 3.4 RPG and Camp Wagner has 9.9 PPG with 2.8 RPG as well this season. Aaron Gray has 9.8 PPG with 5.9 RPG and Markus Harding’s also added 6.5 PPG with 4.1 RPG as well this year. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 79.9 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field, 34.6% from three and 75.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Indiana State Sycamores will win

• Southern Illinois has lost 10 of its last 12 day games played at neutral venues.
• Indiana State has won seven of its last nine day games played at neutral venues.

Southern Illinois Recap

The Southern Illinois Salukis come into Arch Madness as the 8-seed, finishing the year 13-18 overall including 8-12 in conference play.

Salukis Looking To Make Noise In Opening Round

Ali Dibba leads the Salukis in scoring with 16.8 PPG along with 4.6 RPG while Kennard Davis Jr. has 16.3 PPG with 4.9 RPG and 2.6 APG up to this point. Jarrett Hensley also has 10.6 PPG with 5.9 RPG to lead the Salukis on the glass so far this season and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Southern Illinois. Sheridan Sharp also has a team-high 2.6 APG of his own as well on the year to lead Southern Illinois in assists. As a team, Southern Illinois is averaging 73.1 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 35.1% from three and 67.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the Southern Illinois Salukis will win

• Indiana State has lost three of its last four games.

Total Points Facts

• Seventy-one of Southern Illinois’ last 73 day games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 156 or fewer points.
• Seven of Indiana State’s last eight games at a neutral venue have produced a total of 158+ points.

Southern Illinois vs Indiana State Prediction

I’m leaning towards Southern Illinois here. These teams have traded wins back and forth for the better part of the last couple of years and I wouldn’t be surprised if Southern Illinois got their revenge here. These two teams just met to close out the regular season and part of me wonders if Southern Illinois was keeping some things close to the vest to not give anything away going into this matchup. The Sycamores had a lot of questionable results at times this season and I think that Southern Illinois is live in this game. Give me Southern Illinois here.