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Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars vs. Northwestern Wildcats
The Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars and the Northwestern Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Wildcats as -21-point favorites versus the Cougars, while the game's total opened at 131.5.
In their last action, Northwestern was a 58-44 loser on the road against Boilermakers. They failed to cover the +13-point spread as underdogs.
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville was a 89-81 loser in their most recent outing at home against Cougars. They failed to cover the -12.5-point spread as favorites.
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville:
Team record: 2-7 SU,2-6 ATS
Current Streak: lost 5 straight games.
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Northwestern:
Team record: 4-4 SU,3-5 ATS
Northwestern is 4-11-2 ATS in its last 17 games
Northwestern is 5-16 SU in its last 21 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Northwestern's last 5 games
Next up:
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at Winthrop Tuesday, December 17
Northwestern home to Michigan State Wednesday, December 18