The Northern Illinois Huskies (2-7) are heavy underdogs (-16) as they try to stop a four-game road losing streak when they visit the Kent State Golden Flashes (11-3) on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at MAC Center. The game airs at 2:00 PM ET on ESP3. The matchup has an over/under set at 138 points.
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Betting Odds
Kent State Betting Information
- The Golden Flashes have put together an 8-3-1 record against the spread this season.
- Kent State and its opponents have gone over the set total in only 5 of 12 games this season (41.7%).
Against the Spread (ATS) records are only reflective of games that had odds on them.
Kent State Players to Watch
Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
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Danny Pippen | 15 | 20.9 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
Michael Nuga | 13 | 17.8 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
Tervell Beck | 12 | 11.2 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Justyn Hamilton | 15 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
Malique Jacobs | 16 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Northern Illinois Betting Information
- With a 1-8 record ATS, Northern Illinois has not consistently covered the spread this season.
- For the second time this season, the Huskies are at least a 16-point underdog, where they have a record of 0-1 against the spread.
- The Huskies and their opponents have regularly not covered the total points bet this season, only hitting the over in 44.4% (4) of their nine games played.
- The Huskies lost to Ball State 78-58 and failed to cover the spread as 10.5-point underdogs, while going over the 131 point total on Saturday in their most recent outing. Zool Kueth racked up a team-high 15 points in the loss.
Against the Spread (ATS) records are only reflective of games that had odds on them.
Northern Illinois Players to Watch
Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 3PM |
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Tyler Cochran | 5 | 13.8 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trendon Hankerson | 12 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
Darius Beane | 12 | 10.8 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Zool Kueth | 12 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
Kaleb Thornton | 10 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Total Facts
- Kent State and its opponents have gone over Saturday’s 138 total in 10 out of 14 games (71.4%) this season.
- Three Northern Illinois games this year (33.3% of its matchups) finished with a final point total higher than Saturday’s total of 138 points.
- The Golden Flashes average 80.9 points per game against the Huskies’ 60.3, totaling 3.2 points over the contest’s point total of 138.
- This game’s over/under is 8.8 fewer points than the 146.8 these two teams combine to allow per game in 2020-21.
- On average, the Golden Flashes have seen a 152.4 over/under in their games this season, 14.4 more points than the over/under in this contest.
- The over/under for this contest is 2.2 points more than the average over/under in Huskies games this season (135.8 points).
Head to Head
Date | Favorite | Home Team | Spread | Total | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Game Type | Result |
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2/7/2020 | Kent State | Northern Illinois | -2 | 132 | -136 | +112 | Regular Season | 57-54 NIU |
1/21/2020 | Kent State | Kent State | -9.5 | 134.5 | -525 | +379 | Regular Season | 76-69 NIU |
1/19/2019 | N/A | Kent State | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Regular Season | 78-68 KENT |
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