Northern Kentucky beat South Dakota 102-94 on the road in Vermillion.
Port Macquarie, Australia, native Noah Pagotto led Northern Kentucky with 30 points. Jahni Summers had 24 points and 4 3-pointers for South Dakota. Stef van Bussel led all players with 7 rebounds for South Dakota.
Northern Kentucky had 19 fast-break points to South Dakota's 9. Northern Kentucky covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 12.0 points.
Northern Kentucky guard Paul Cluxton made all 94 of his free throws in 1996-97, becoming the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in free-throw percentage without a miss.
What the model said
Projected that morning with only earlier games
NKU 78, SDAK 82model score
-4.0model spread (home)
159.3model total
12.0points off the final margin
UnderdogSDAK +2.56.5LostUnder 163.54.2Lost
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
+2.5
163.5
114
-135
DraftKings via ESPN
Margin -8 (home)ATS NKU coveredTotal 196 → over
Travel and rest coming in
Team
Rest days
Miles in
Road streak
Time zone
NKU
1
54
2
-1 h
SDAK
non-MAC team, not tracked
Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).
