Loyola-Chicago at Southern Illinois 1/29/20 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 01/28/2020 at 7:52 PM ET

The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers visit Banterra Center in Carbondale, Illinois on Wednesday to face the Southern Illinois Salukis in a Missouri Valley Conference showdown. Loyola-Chicago fell to 14-7 overall and 6-2 in the MVC following its 67-62 overtime loss to the Northern Iowa Panthers on Sunday. Cameron Krutwig led the Ramblers with 19 points and 14 rebounds.

Cameron Krutwig leads the Ramblers in scoring, rebounding and assists with averages of 15.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. Tate Hall is the second leading scorer with an average of 13.8 points per game and is the only player besides Krutwig on the Ramblers averaging double-figures in scoring.

Southern Illinois improved 11-10 overall and 5-3 in the MVC following its 58-55 victory over Illinois State on Saturday. The victory was the first for the Salukis at Redbird Arena since 2006. Marcus Domask led the Salukis with 19 points and scored the go-ahead basket with less than 30 seconds to play to give the Salukis a victory.

Marcus Domask is the leading scorer for Southern Illinois with an average of 14.1 points per game, while Barret Benson is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.4 per game and Eric McGill leads the Salukis in assists with an average of 2.8 per game. Southern Illinois has just two players averaging double-figures in scoring.

While Loyola-Chicago will beat Southern Illinois, the play here is the UNDER. Both the Ramblers and Salukis are UNDER machines. The Ramblers have seen the UNDER cash in each of the last nine and in 12 of the last 15. Southern Illinois has seen the UNDER cash in 9 of the last 10. Final Score Prediction, Loyola-Chicago Ramblers win, but our best play is UNDER 59-53.

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