Tennessee State is coming into this game with an 18-14 record this season and they are 10-8 in the conference. They have not been playing well in their recent games though as they have lost 2 of their last 3 as well as 4 of their last 7 games. They won their last game against Southern Indiana to advance to this round but they are playing this game on a B2B which puts them in a tougher spot here. They are going up against a Western Illinois team that is 20-11 this season and has been very good in the conference this season at 13-5. Despite being 13-5 in the conference, they finished the regular season 4th as they were 1 game behind the 3 leaders and they are going to be motivated here as they need to win this tournament to get into the NCAA Tournament. They have been playing very well in their recent games as they have won their last 3 straight as well as 5 of their last 6 games. They are also well rested for this game having last played on Saturday and they can take advantage of Tennessee State's fatigue on the B2B. Western Illinois has been the stronger team in the conference all season and they are coming into thsi tournament playing very well recently, they have a lot of momentum right now and will use that momentum to make a deep run in this tournament and give themselves a shot at the NCAA. Western Illinois will cover the spread in this game.