Indiana State (4-19, 2-10) at Illinois State (19-4, 8-4)

Line: Illinois State -16

Indiana State lost another one on the road Wednesday against Wichita State 58-64. The loss was the 10th out of the Sycamores' last 11 contests. The lone victory in the stretch was a 75-70 home victory against Illinois State. Apparently Indiana State only gets up for games against the top two teams in the conference.

Illinois State was able to defeat Southern Illinois this week and maintain second place in the conference. The Redbirds were 19-for-19 from the free throw line but shot poorly everywhere else.

ATS

Indiana State is 8-13 against the spread, including 5-5 on the road.

Indiana State is 7-3 against the spread in their last 10 matchups against Illinois State.

Illinois State is 10-9 against the spread, including 6-4 at home.

I guess if you look only at the records you can make an argument for a 16-point spread. But dig any deeper like we do, and this is an easy one.

Dave’s Pick: Indiana State +16

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Wichita State Shockers (4-7, 10-12) at Indiana State Sycamores (2-9, 4-18)

Wednesday, Feb. 4—7:00 PM EST
Line: Pick

In the Sycamores' (2-9, 4-18) four wins this season, two of them have been in OT, and the other two were by a combined eight points. Some of their games have been hard-fought battles to the end (the lost by four to conference-leading Northern Iowa), while others have seen less than stellar efforts put forth (19 point loss to Drake).

The Shockers (4-7, 10-12) have lived up to their name this season, albeit in the wrong way at times. After starting out conference play in an 0-6 hole, Wichita State has shocked the MVC by winning four of their last five. These victories have been over some of the better teams within the MVC—they defeated Creighton and Illinois State, who are both tied for second right now, and then Evansville and Drake, who are in fifth and sixth, respectively.

Line: Pick

Wichita State ATS: 7-10
Indiana State ATS: 8-12

In the last ten times these two teams have faced off, Wichita State leads the series 6-4.

The Shockers have played a tough schedule this year, and they have played it well (although their record wouldn't tell you that). They lost to Georgetown by eight, upset Siena by two, lost to Michigan State by eight, and lost to Texas Tech by three—all within the span of a week.

Wichita State is on a roll right now. Indiana State is not about to slow them down.

Ryan's Pick: Wichita State

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