Drake vs. Northern Iowa

This is the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in St. Louis and Drake defeated Illinois State 75-65 on Thursday for only its second cover in eight games. Now the Bulldogs have to play a back-to-back against Northern Iowa, which is 25-5 and 19-8-1 ATS this season compared to 14-16 ATS for Drake. The Panthers won and covered both meetings this season, including a 70-43 blowout on Saturday and that was on the road. Drake is 0-6 ATS its last six games when following an ATS win and 1-6 ATS after any win. The favorite is 20-5-2 ATS the last 27 meetings and Northern Iowa is 9-3-1 ATS its last 13 games following a win. Lay the points with Northern Iowa.