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Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Missouri Tigers
The Illinois Fighting Illini and the Missouri Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Enterprise Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Fighting Illini as -2-point favorites versus the Tigers, while the game's total opened at 130.5.
Missouri won its last outing, a 64-48 result against Salukis on December 15. They covered in that game as a -15-point favorite.
Last time out for Illinois, they were a 69-55 winner as they battled Monarchs at home. They covered in the match as a -13.5-point favorite.
Illinois:
Team record: 8-3 SU,5-4-1 ATS
Illinois is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Illinois is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Missouri
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Illinois's last 6 games when playing Missouri
Missouri:
Team record: 6-4 SU,5-4-1 ATS
Missouri is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Missouri's last 10 games
Missouri is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Illinois
Next up:
Illinois home to North Carolina A&T Sunday, December 29
Missouri home to Chicago State Monday, December 30