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Northern Iowa at Evansville

The N. Iowa Panthers will head out on the road tonight to take on the Evansville Purple Aces in tonight’s Missouri Valley showdown scheduled for an 8:05 P.M. ET tip-off.  Our latest odds list the game at a pick ‘em.

N. Iowa (18-7, 9-4) enters this matchup tonight off a four point loss at Drake as a 4 point favorite their last time out. The Panthers won 8 in a row up until that last game in which their defense let them down and allowed 72 points their third highest point total allowed this season. N. Iowa owes much of their success to the defense that they have played this year. The Panthers are allowing teams to average just 58.5 points per game on them this year with their offense only averaging 62.3 points per game. When the Panthers do go on the road they seem to struggle this season. N. Iowa is just 4-6 SU on the road this year while going 3-7 ATS in those ten road games. To make matters even worse the Panthers are 0-5 ATS on the road this year as a favorite and just 1-4 SU. The Panthers are averaging just 56.4 points per game on the road while the defense is allowing 62 points per game.

Evansville (13-10, 7-6) enters this matchup off a 6 point road loss as an 8 point underdog at Creighton their last time out. Evansville was on a four game winning streak until they lost that last game in Creighton but the Purple Aces are 4-1 ATS the last five games. Evansville over the past five games has averaged 69.6 points per game which is 3.4 points higher than their season average have a only allowed 63.8 points per game which is 3 point lower than their season average. Evansville is 3-1-1 ATS the last five games against teams that are above .500. The Purple Aces are 4-1 ATS the last five games when playing on 2 days of rest. Evansville is also 4-0 ATS the last four games against Missouri Valley opponents.  The Purple Aces this season have averaged 72.5 points per game at home while allowing just 65.3 points per game.

These two teams met at the beginning of January in N. Iowa where the Panthers walked away with a 12 point victory as an 11.5 point favorite. Why did the books open this game with N. Iowa just being a 1 point favorite? The opening line of this game just shows the struggles that N. Iowa has had on the road and as of late and how well the Purple Aces have been playing. Look for Evansville to get some revenge tonight on this N. Iowa team and get the win at home.  Play Evansville as a pick to get this win and cash us a free play ticket.