Southern Illinois vs Northern Iowa Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/22/23
Northern Iowa Panthers (13-15) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (20-9)
February 22, 2023 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Southern Illinois Salukis -6 / Northern Iowa Panthers +6; Over/Under: +129
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The Northern Iowa Panthers and Southern Illinois Salukis meet Wednesday in college basketball action at the Banterra Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Northern Iowa Panthers Betting Preview
The Northern Iowa Panthers are averaging 70.2 points on 45.8 percent shooting and allowing 69.1 points on 44.5 percent shooting. Bowen Born is averaging 18 points and 2.7 assists, while Tytan Anderson is averaging 12.6 points and 9 rebounds. Nate Heise is the third double-digit scorer and Michael Duax is dishing 1.2 assists. The Northern Iowa Panthers are shooting 34.4 percent from beyond the arc and 69.1 percent from the free throw line. The Northern Iowa Panthers are allowing 35 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29.9 rebounds per game.
The Southern Illinois Salukis Betting Preview
The Southern Illinois Salukis are averaging 65.8 points on 45.3 percent shooting and allowing 61.4 points on 42 percent shooting. Marcus Domask is averaging 16.8 points and 3.9 assists, while Lance Jones is averaging 13.3 points and 3.1 rebounds. Xavier Johnson is grabbing 3.1 rebounds and Clarence Rupert is grabbing 3.5 rebounds. The Southern Illinois Salukis are shooting 31.4 percent from beyond the arc and 72.9 percent from the free throw line. The Southern Illinois Salukis are allowing 33.4 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 28.6 rebounds per game.
Northern Iowa vs Southern Illinois Trends
The Panthers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Wednesday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Salukis are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The over is 7-2 in Panthers last 9 overall. The over is 5-1 in Salukis last 6 home games. The home team is 18-7-3 ATS in the last 28 meetings.
Randy’s Free Pick
The Northern Iowa Panthers are playing some of their worst ball of the season and that’s not going to change on the road where they lose by an average of 4.2 points. The Southern Illinois Salukis win by an average of 11.4 points at home and 6.6 points as a favorite. Northern Iowa is in rough shape. I’ll lay the points.
