Illinois State at Southern Illinois

Ilinois State has won four of seven, off a 76-70 victory over Northern Iowa as a +5 dog as the defense forced 17 turnovers. While on defense, Illinois State holds the opposing offense to possessions of 18.9 seconds, which is the fifth-longest such total in NCAA Division I basketball this season. They match up well with a Southern Illinois squad that has dropped eight of 12 and is 35-60 ATS at home after winning two of their last three games. Southern Illinois comes off a loss to Indiana State, 68-56. Southern Illinois is 18-8 UNDER the total as a home favorite, plus 22-10 UNDER after one or more consecutive losses. Play Ilinois State and the UNDER.