Ball State Cardinals vs Northern Illinois Huskies Prediction, 1/27/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Ball State Cardinals vs Northern Illinois Huskies

Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022

Location: NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb, IL

TV: ESPN3

The Northern Illinois Huskies (5-11) will take on the Ball State Cardinals (8-10) at NIU Convocation Center on Thursday.

The Ball State Cardinals faced off with Miami and walked away with a win by a score of 81-64 in their last game. In the matter of personal fouls, the Cardinals ended up with 11 while Miami recorded 15 personal fouls. They converted 8 of their 27 tries from distance. Miami shot 85.7% from the charity stripe by converting 6 of 7 shots. Furthermore, Miami snagged 18 rebounds (7 offensive, 11 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Miami recorded 13 dimes and had 7 steals for the contest. In the matter of defense, Ball State allowed the other team to go 39.7% from the field on 25 of 63 shooting. They also doled out 20 assists in the game in addition to creating 6 turnovers and having 3 steals. In relation to rebounding, they compiled 30 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Cardinals converted 13 of 15 attempts for a percentage of 86.7%. Ball State walked away from the game with a 62.5% field goal percentage (30 of 48) and converted 8 out of their 13 3-pointers.

Miryne Thomas is someone who was a major contributor for the matchup. He finished the game shooting 75.0% from the field and recorded 4 assists. He was on the court for 32 minutes and also snagged 8 rebounds. He ended up with 26 points on 9 out of 12 shooting.

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Ball State enters this game with a win-loss record of 8-10 on the campaign. They turn it over 14.2 times per contest and as a unit they commit 17.7 fouls every game. As a unit, Ball State is snagging 35.7 boards per game and is sitting with 239 assists on the season, which is 202nd in the country in terms of passing the rock. The Cardinals are shooting 36.1% on shots from 3-point land (154 of 427) and 68.7% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 74.2 points per contest (126th in the country) while hitting 44.2% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Cardinals are able to force 12.2 turnovers per game while drawing 19.7 fouls. They concede 35.9% on 3-pointers and they are 331st in D-1 in PPG allowed (76.7). The Cardinals defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 44.8% (486 of 1,086) and they concede 36.6 rebounds per game as a squad. They are ranked 226th in the nation in giving up assists with 243 relinquished this year.

In their last game, the Northern Illinois Huskies took a loss by a score of 74-62 against Ohio. With respect to rebounding, Northern Illinois permitted Ohio to get 36 in total (10 offensive). They shot 26.7% from 3-point land by connecting on 8 of 30 and walked away from this one shooting 18 of 24 at the free throw line (75.0%). The Huskies permitted Ohio to make 24 of their 59 attempts from the field which had them at 40.7% in the matchup. When the final whistle blew, the Huskies finished 23 out of 54 from the floor which gave them a rate of 42.6%. With regard to shooting from distance, Northern Illinois knocked down 3 of 16 attempts (18.8%). They were able to knock down 13 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 68.4%. Ohio earned 18 personal fouls for this game which got the Huskies to the charity stripe for 19 shots. They also turned it over 12 times, while getting 6 steals for this game. The Huskies were able to collect 25 defensive boards and 5 offensive rebounds for a total of 30 in the game.

Kaleb Thornton pitched in for the Huskies for the game. He converted 5 of 10 for the contest for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and had 5 rebounds. He totaled 10 points in his 31 mins on the court and had 3 dimes in the game.

Northern Illinois has a record of 5-11 for the season. The Huskies commit 21.0 fouls per game and they shoot 64.6% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 10.6 times per game (336th in college basketball) and they are turning it over 15.1 times per contest. Northern Illinois has scored 999 points on the campaign (62.4 per game) and they pull in 31.6 rebounds per contest. As an offense, the Huskies are shooting 41.0% from the field, which ranks them 311th in D-1.

The Huskies on the defensive side of the court are 262nd in college basketball in points allowed per contest with 71.8. They are able to force 14.8 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.3% from the field (260th in college basketball). The Northern Illinois defense allows 32.4% from downtown (107 of 330) and their opposition knocks down 73.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 13.6 assists and 36.8 rebounds every game, which is ranked 255th and 289th in those categories on the defensive end.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Northern Illinois and under the total points

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