Oakland at Northern Illinois

Oakland is playing its second road game of the season, and the first one was a disaster, losing 80-50 at Maryland. Oakland is off a losing season and is on a 6-11 straight-up run on the road. They head to Northern Illinois, a team that just won back-to-back road games, and is riding a five-game winning streak. Northern Illinois leads the all-time series against Oakland, 3-0, including a 92-69 rout in the only meeting in DeKalb. Northern Illinois beat Oakland one year ago (92-72) to capture the Oakland Hoops Challenge title shooting 66% and winning the rebound battle by +10. Play Northern Illinois on the moneyline.