Tulsa rolled past Northern Illinois 94-75 at Reynolds Center.
Jaylen Lawal led Tulsa with 25 points and 5 3-pointers. David Douglas Jr. had 21 points and 4 3-pointers for Northern Illinois. Chris Loofe led all players with 13 rebounds for Tulsa.
Tulsa had 14 offensive rebounds to Northern Illinois's 4. Tulsa covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 9.1 points.
The Huskie Fight Song at Northern Illinois has lyrics by Francis Stroup, a former men's swimming coach, and music by A. Neil Annas, and the Student Senate approved it on April 30, 1963.
What the model said
Projected that morning with only earlier games
NIU 65, TLSA 94model score
-28.1model spread (home)
159.0model total
9.1points off the final margin
FavoriteTLSA -14.513.6WonOver 154.54.5Won
OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.
Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.
Line and result
Spread (home)
Total
ML home
ML away
Source
Close
-14.5
154.5
-1450
850
DraftKings via ESPN
Margin +19 (home)ATS TLSA coveredTotal 169 → over
Travel and rest coming in
Team
Rest days
Miles in
Road streak
Time zone
NIU
2
845
2
same
TLSA
non-MAC team, not tracked
Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).