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Southern Illinois Salukis vs. Missouri Tigers
The Southern Illinois Salukis and the Missouri Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Mizzou Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Tigers as -15-point favorites versus the Salukis, while the game's total opened at 121.
Missouri was a 64-54 winner in its last match on the road against Owls. They covered the +2.5-point spread as underdogs.
Southern Illinois lost its last outing, a 72-69 result against Golden Eagles on December 07. They failed to cover in that game as a +1.5-point underdog.
Southern Illinois:
Team record: 4-6 SU,4-5 ATS
Southern Illinois is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Southern Illinois's last 6 games
Southern Illinois is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Missouri:
Team record: 5-4 SU,4-4-1 ATS
Missouri is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Missouri's last 9 games
Missouri is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
Next up:
Southern Illinois home to Hampton Wednesday, December 18
Missouri home to Illinois Saturday, December 21