The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers and Southern Illinois Salukis meet Thursday in college basketball action at the Banterra Center. The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers look for a win after winning 11 of their last 12 games. The Southern Illinois Salukis need a win after losing five of their last six games.
The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers are averaging 76.4 points on 49.2 percent shooting and allowing 62.3 points on 41.7 percent shooting. Lucas Williamson is averaging 12.8 points and 2.6 assists, while Braden Norris is averaging 10.2 points and 2.3 rebounds. Ryan Schwieger is the third double-digit scorer and Aher Uguak is grabbing 3.8 rebounds. The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers are shooting 38.9 percent from beyond the arc and 73 percent from the free throw line. The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers are allowing 32.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 31.1 rebounds per game.
The Southern Illinois Salukis are averaging 64.2 points on 44.7 percent shooting and allowing 61.3 points on 44.2 percent shooting. Marcus Domask is averaging 15.3 points and 4 assists, while Lance Jones is averaging 13.8 points and 4.2 rebounds. Ben Coupet Jr. is the third double-digit scorer and Steven Verplancken Jr. is grabbing 2.5 rebounds. The Southern Illinois Salukis are shooting 35.5 percent from beyond the arc and 67.6 percent from the free throw line. The Southern Illinois Salukis are allowing 31.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 28.5 rebounds per game.
The Ramblers are 9-1-4 ATS in their last 14 road games and 1-3-2 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The Salukis are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The over is 5-2 in Ramblers last 7 overall. The under is 21-8 in Salukis last 29 overall. The underdog is 3-1-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers are comfortably the better team here, and they’ve proven they can win on the road, where they win by an average of 13 points and shoot 51 percent from the field. The Southern Illinois Salukis are watching their season start to slip away as the offense has fallen off a cliff. I’ll lay the points with the Ramblers.