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Ball State will travel to Western Illinois after winning B2B games over UMASS and Indiana St. but are (2-7 ATS) off B2B wins and that trend goes to (0-7 ATS) when playing on the road. Western Illinois will be playing their 2nd straight home game after beating Miami (OH) 79-67 as 3.5 point underdogs, Western Illinois is (7-3 ATS) off an ATS win in their L10 and are facing a defense that allows teams to shoot 45.1% from the field which favors W. ILL since they are (7-0 ATS) vs teams allowing 45+% field goal percentage since 2020. Lay the short number as Ball State is a horrible road dog team going (5-12 ATS) in their L17.
Pick: WESTERN ILLINOIS -3.5