PREMIUM
Rogers' 10* NCAAB Game of the Week >> HUGE PLAY!
(NCAAB) Western Kentucky vs. Indiana State,
Point Spread: 9.00 | -110.00 Western Kentucky (Away)
Result: Win
Point Spread: 9.00 | -110.00 Western Kentucky (Away)
Result: Win
The set-up: Western Kentucky visits Indiana State looking to break a four-game losing streak. The Hilltoppers are 3-5 overall and will take on a Sycamores team that is 5-4 overall but 3-0 at home, including an upset over No. 15 Butler, 72-71 on Wednesday.
Western Kentucky: Rick Stansbury retired back in 2012 (Miss. St) but came back to work as an assistant at Texas A&M in 2014. He took the head coaching job here at Western Ky to open this year and added graduate transfers like Que Johnson (14.4 & 5.6) from Wash. St. and Pancake Thomas (11.1) from Hartford to join the team's top returning player, the 6-6 Justin Johnson (12.8 & 8.8). After a 3-1 start, four straight losses have ensued and the Hilltoppers are looking to get back on track here.
Indiana State: Winning at the Hulman Center is no given, as Butler found out last Wednesday. Indiana State struggled in the Advocare Invitational in Florida, losing all three games, but since then, have come back with three straight wins, including beating Northern Illinois (63-52) and Utah State (62-61) on the road, before upsetting Butler at home. The Sycamores are a guard-oriented team, led by the 6-1 Scott, who leads in both scoring (19.8) and rebounding (5.8). The team's only other double digit scorer is t 6-6 forward Van Soyc (10.8) but he only averages 2.7 RPG.
The pick: I'm not sure how Butler lost to this team but coming off that victory, I expect Indiana State to be flatter than a pancake in this one. Western Ky is a 10* play.
Western Kentucky: Rick Stansbury retired back in 2012 (Miss. St) but came back to work as an assistant at Texas A&M in 2014. He took the head coaching job here at Western Ky to open this year and added graduate transfers like Que Johnson (14.4 & 5.6) from Wash. St. and Pancake Thomas (11.1) from Hartford to join the team's top returning player, the 6-6 Justin Johnson (12.8 & 8.8). After a 3-1 start, four straight losses have ensued and the Hilltoppers are looking to get back on track here.
Indiana State: Winning at the Hulman Center is no given, as Butler found out last Wednesday. Indiana State struggled in the Advocare Invitational in Florida, losing all three games, but since then, have come back with three straight wins, including beating Northern Illinois (63-52) and Utah State (62-61) on the road, before upsetting Butler at home. The Sycamores are a guard-oriented team, led by the 6-1 Scott, who leads in both scoring (19.8) and rebounding (5.8). The team's only other double digit scorer is t 6-6 forward Van Soyc (10.8) but he only averages 2.7 RPG.
The pick: I'm not sure how Butler lost to this team but coming off that victory, I expect Indiana State to be flatter than a pancake in this one. Western Ky is a 10* play.
