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Published: February 6, 2010
The Michigan St Spartans will look to bounce back into the win column when they travel to take on Big Ten conference foe the Illinois Fighting Illini in a college basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time at Illinois is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and the Michigan St Spartans were opened as 1-½ point favorites with the over under coming in at 138.
The early money from the college basketball betting public has come in on road team, as the Michigan St Spartans are currently a 2-point favorite. The total has seen no movement in the early wagering as the over under is currently lined at 138 for the bettors to play into.
Those looking to back the favorite on the money line can play on Michigan St at –135 with the home underdog Illinois Fighting Illini returning +115 to win this game without the need for taking the points.
These Big Ten conference clubs are making their second of two regular season meetings on Saturday night. It was Michigan St getting a 73-63 home victory back on January 16th as an 11 point favorite. The Spartans were outstanding on the defensive end allowing the Fighting Illini just 34.9% shooting from the field. In last year’s contest between these teams at Illinois it went in the favor of the Michigan St Spartans 73-63.
Michigan St enters this contest with injury concerns. Guard Kalin Lucas has been listed at doubtful with an ankle injury. Lucas is the leading scorer for the Spartans with a 15.6 points and nearly 31 minutes per game average. The Spartans are winners of 10 of their past 11 games and they sit in first place in the Big Ten conference with a 9-1 record. The team is coming off a bad 67-49 loss at Wisconsin on Tuesday night. The Spartans struggled from the field in defeat with just a 37% shooting percentage. Senior forward Raymar Morgan has struggled in recent games with just 8 points on 1 of 9 shooting in his past 2 games.
Illinois sits with a 15-8 overall record and they are 11-1 straight up on their home court. After going through a three game losing streak in conference the team has responded with three straight wins all in conference play. The team is coming off a 57-49 win at Iowa on Wednesday. The Fighting Illini was good on defense limiting the Hawekeys to just 29.6% shooting. The game prior in a victory over Indiana they held the Hoosiers to 35% shooting from the field. Junior center Mike Tisdale is coming off a nice game against Iowa with 14 points and 7 boards with 5 of 7 shooting in victory.
Trend: The Under is 7-1 in their past 8 meetings
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