Northern Illinois vs Gonzaga Prediction & Picks
Northern Illinois is on the road playing Gonzaga at the McCarthey Athletic Center stadium on Monday, 12/12/2022 @ 9:00pm EST. Gonzaga -30 was the opening favorite and line
Game outlook
Northern Illinois is on the road playing Gonzaga at the McCarthey Athletic Center stadium on Monday, 12/12/2022 @ 9:00pm EST. Gonzaga -30 was the opening favorite and line hasn't moved.
NIU was clobbered 84-47 on the road by a not so good Idaho team in their last game, getting blown out as a two-point favorite back on December 2. Gonzaga rolled past UW Huskies 77-60 at home on Friday night. This is the first meeting ever between these two teams.
Northern Illinois Betting Preview
In their previous match, Northern Illinois fell to a bad Idaho team on the road after winning Eastern Illinois. Now that the Huskies are 3rd on the season, they face an uphill battle on the road against a ranked opponent. When Northern Illinois led Idaho by four midway through the first half and was within two with 2:50 left, things began to unravel. The Huskies were outscored 11-2 over that final 2:50 to trail by 11 at intermission and things went downhill from there. In the second half, Northern Illinois was outscored 49-23. Keshawn Williams led Northern Illinois with 10 points and seven rebounds in the loss. Northern Illinois shot 33.3% from the field, including 3 of 14 from three-point range. Idaho shot 55.4%.
In terms of scoring offense, Northern Illinois ranks 248th in the nation with an average of 69.4 points per contest. The Huskies collect 34.6 rebounds per game (241st) and dish out 12.1 assists per game. As a team, the Huskies allow 74.8 points per game, placing them 315th in the nation in scoring defense.