The Illinois Fighting Illini will travel to Dunkin’ Donuts Center to take on the Providence Friars. Action starts at 7:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Nov. 18 and can be seen on FS1.
The Friars beat Harvard 76-64 on Saturday. Kris Dunn was the game’s high scorer with 32 points on 11-for-26 shooting. The Fighting Illini, meanwhile, are coming off an 80-74 win over North Dakota State on Sunday. Jalen Coleman-Lands stood out, accumulating 15 points, four steals, and two rebounds.
Providence is a six-point favorite in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is 150 points.
On the other side, the Fighting Illini were a good bet ATS so far with a record of 1-0 to go along with a 1-1 SU record. When it comes to making good decisions with the ball, not many are better than the Fighting Illini. They have one of the top assist-to-turnover ratios in the country at 1.71.
Providence and Illinois have not played one another in a regular season matchup in recent years.
Predictions: SU Winner – Prov, ATS Winner – Ill, O/U – Over
Notes
Providence is 1-3-1 SU in its last 5 games,.
Providence is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games at home.
Providence is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home.
