Northern Illinois at Northern Kentucky

Rebuilding Northern Illinois is struggling away from home, dropping three of four road contests. The Huskies allow 84 ppg on the road. Northern Illinois is a weak free throw shooting team (68.1%) and lives by the three-pointer, but they face a terrific Northern Kentucky defense. Northern Kentucky allows 37.8 percent shooting, #17 nationally, and has 85 steals. They allow 65.4 points per game to rank #57 in the country. Northern Kentucky is 7-0 straight up at BB&T Arena this season, outscoring visitors by a 75-62 average, and riding a 15-game non-conference home winning streak. They are 15-7-1 ATS at home against opponents with a losing road record. These teams clashed last month, an 88-85 OT win by Northern Kentucky on the road shooting 49.2%. They held Northern Illinois to 40.8% shooting, including 6-of-23 (26%) from long range. They match up well and winning at home will be much easier. Play Northern Kentucky.