Evansville at Southern Illinois

Evansville is a strong defensive team and has split its first two conference games. They come off a 57-40 victory over Missouri State as a +4.5 underdog allowing 25.9% shooting. They also knocked off Wisconsin-Green Bay earlier this season as an underdog, 98-81. Southern Illinois is one of four winless teams in Missouri Valley Conference action (0-2). They shoot 68.3% from the charity stripe and have lost second-leading scorer senior guard Elijah Elliott (14 ppg) for the season. Elliott was a starter last season with Rio Grand Valley averaging 16.6 points. They come off a loss at home to High Point (94-81) and at Northern Iowa (78-67). Play Evansville on the moneyline.