Northern Iowa is giving up too many points here. Indiana State has won and covered in five of its last six games. The Sycamores also lead the Missouri Valley Conference in field goal percentage.

The pace is going to be slow here with points a struggle to come by. That also is a plus for an underdog of this many points.

This has been an underdog series with the 'dog covering 22 of the past 29 times. The Sycamores also have covered in five of their last seven visits to Northern Iowa.