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Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Northwestern Wildcats
The Eastern Illinois Panthers and the Northwestern Wildcats will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Wildcats as -23-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game's total opened at 142.5.
Northwestern was a 83-74 winner in its last match at home against Flames. They failed to cover the -15-point spread as favorites.
Eastern Illinois lost its last outing, a 90-55 result against Hoosiers on November 10. They failed to cover in that game as a +27-point underdog.
Eastern Illinois:
Team record: 1-2 SU,0-2 ATS
Eastern Illinois is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Eastern Illinois is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Eastern Illinois's last 10 games on the road
Northwestern:
Team record: 2-1 SU,1-2 ATS
Northwestern is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Northwestern's last 17 games at home
Next up:
Eastern Illinois at DePaul Tuesday, November 19
Northwestern home to Montana State Tuesday, November 19