39-24 YTD Northern Iowa 1st H -2.5

Question

Took a break after UNA-1.5 blew a 22-9 1st half lead and shot 1-15 last 7:09 to play into break. That’s gambling! Congrats Bama A&M backers!

The tempo that UIC plays with is they get a shot up every 16.4 secs into the shot clock ranking 51st nationally. This doesn’t advise well against Northern Iowa who has the 22nd ranked defense on field goals against percentage. The fact that UIC looks to shoot early and often against a team that doesn’t crash the boards and gets back to hedge and recover extremely well makes me think UNI has a significant advantage vs the number.

UNI also breaks teams down in the half court and UIC has put the other tean in the double bonus with over 4 mins to go in the 1st half in its last 3 games. UNI shoots free throws at 81 pct from its starters and 67 pct as a team which isn’t great, but 1st half I’m hoping the starters play the majority of the half.

I say play UNI-2.5 1st half.

Noonball · Answer

Took a break after UNA-1.5 blew a 22-9 1st half lead and shot 1-15 last 7:09 to play into break. That’s gambling! Congrats Bama A&M backers!

The tempo that UIC plays with is they get a shot up every 16.4 secs into the shot clock ranking 51st nationally. This doesn’t advise well against Northern Iowa who has the 22nd ranked defense on field goals against percentage. The fact that UIC looks to shoot early and often against a team that doesn’t crash the boards and gets back to hedge and recover extremely well makes me think UNI has a significant advantage vs the number.

UNI also breaks teams down in the half court and UIC has put the other tean in the double bonus with over 4 mins to go in the 1st half in its last 3 games. UNI shoots free throws at 81 pct from its starters and 67 pct as a team which isn’t great, but 1st half I’m hoping the starters play the majority of the half.

I say play UNI-2.5 1st half.