The Indiana Hoosiers (13-12) host the Minnesota Golden Gophers (14-12) in a Big 10 game at the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana tonight at 7:30 PM ET. The current odds on the NCAA board has Indiana as a 6.5 point home favorite with the total offered at 143.5 points.
Minnesota was at home in their last game, and they ended up on the wrong end of a 91-85 score to Nebraska. Nate Mason was the high scorer for the Golden Gophers picking up 34 points on 10/20 shooting nailing seven of his nine 3-pointers, and teammate Jordan Murphy recorded a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Isaiah Roby was the high scorer for the Cornhuskers with 21 points on 8/10 shooting with eight rebounds and every starter for the team scored in double figures. Minnesota trailed from the five-minute mark in the first half of this game, and while they got close in the second, they never regained the lead. The shooting wasn’t a problem for the Gophers with a 49.3 shooting percentage, but their defense was their outdoing allowing and the Cornhuskers a 50.8 FG%. Minnesota failed to cover the spread as a 3.5-point favorite, and the total line of 145 was beaten with the 176 points put on the board. The Golden Gophers have lost six in a row and nine of their last 10 games. In Big 10 play they’re just 3-10 overall and 1-5 straight up in road games.
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Indiana was on the road in Piscataway, New Jersey for their latest where they put a beating on the struggling Rutgers 65-43 easily covering the -2 point spread line. The low scoring output by the Scarlet Knights helped hold the combined scoring well below the closing O/U line. Juwan Morgan was the high scorer for the Hoosiers with 24 points on 10/14 shooting and had eight rebounds, and Robert Johnson scored 19 points as the only two players for the squad that had double figures. Deshawn Freeman was the leading scorer for the Scarlet Knights with 13 points on just 3/11 shooting, but he did have eight rebounds. Indiana outscored Rutgers by 10 points in the first half holding them to a measly 16 points. This game was all about defense with Indiana shooting 43.6% from the floor while Rutgers recorded a poor 24.1 FG%. Indiana had dropped four games in a row before the win over Rutgers to lift their Big Ten record to 6-7.
Minnesota ranks 75th in the nation in ppg and 237th in opponents’ ppg, and Indiana ranks 248th in ppg and 122nd in opponents’ ppg.
These teams met this season on January 6th at Minnesota where the Hoosiers beat the Golden Gophers 75-71.
This season Minnesota is 10-15 ATS with an O/U record of 14-11 and Indiana is 13-12 ATS with an O/U record of 14-11.
Get more details: Minnesota at Indiana Betting Match-up
SAGARIN RATINGS
Minnesota: 80.10
Indiana: 80.30
INJURY REPORT
MINNESOTA
[F] 01/30/2018 – Eric Curry is out indefinitely ( ACL )
[G] 02/08/2018 – Dupree McBrayer injured last game, is “?” Friday vs. Indiana U ( Leg )
[G] 02/08/2018 – Amir Coffey is “?” Friday vs. Indiana U ( Shoulder )
[C] 01/04/2018 – Reggie Lynch is out for season ( Suspension )
INDIANA
[G] 12/04/2017 – Curtis Jones has left team ( Personal )
[F] 01/10/2018 – De’Ron Davis is out for season ( Achilles )
Key Betting Trends
- MINN is 2-5 ATS in their last seven road games
- MINN is 1-5 ATS in their last six games
- MINN has an Over record of 4-0 in their previous four games
- IND is 5-1 ATS in their last six games
- IND is 7-0 ATS in their last seven home games
- IND has an Under record of 4-0 in their previous four home games
Betting Angles
The underdog is 21-7 ATS in the last 28 games between these teams.
In the last seven games between these teams at Indiana, the Over record is 5-2.
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