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Southern Illinois Salukis vs. Belmont Bruins
The Southern Illinois Salukis and the Belmont Bruins will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Curb Event Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Bruins as -9-point favorites versus the Salukis, while the game's total opened at 157.
Belmont was a 92-87 winner in its last match at home against Flames. They failed to cover the -6-point spread as favorites.
Southern Illinois was a 85-54 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Redbirds. They failed to cover the +7.5-point spread as underdogs.
Southern Illinois:
Team record: 5-9 SU,3-8-1 ATS
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
Southern Illinois is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Belmont:
Team record: 10-5 SU,6-7-1 ATS
Belmont is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Belmont is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Belmont's last 5 games at home
Next up:
Southern Illinois home to Missouri State Saturday, January 11
Belmont at Indiana State Saturday, January 11