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Southern Illinois Salukis vs. Illinois State Redbirds
The Southern Illinois Salukis and the Illinois State Redbirds will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at CEFCU Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Redbirds as -6.5-point favorites versus the Salukis, while the game's total opened at 144.5.
In their last action, Illinois State was a 74-68 winner on the road against Racers. They covered the +6.5-point spread as underdogs.
Southern Illinois lost its last outing, a 68-53 result against Aces on January 01. They failed to cover in that game as a -7-point favorite.
Southern Illinois:
Team record: 5-8 SU,3-7-1 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Southern Illinois is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Southern Illinois is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Illinois State
Southern Illinois is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Illinois State
Illinois State:
Team record: 9-5 SU,10-3 ATS
Illinois State is 3-8-1 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Southern Illinois
Illinois State is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Southern Illinois
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Illinois State's last 5 games when playing Southern Illinois
Next up:
Southern Illinois at Belmont Wednesday, January 8
Illinois State at Evansville Wednesday, January 8