Heise leads Northern Iowa against Northern Illinois after 24-point game

Published Dec. 21, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Northern Iowa Panthers (5-7, 0-2 MVC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (6-4)

DeKalb, Illinois; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Panthers -3.5; over/under is 155

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Iowa takes on the Northern Illinois Huskies after Nate Heise scored 24 points in Northern Iowa's 100-82 victory over the Alcorn State Braves.

The Huskies are 3-1 on their home court. Northern Illinois is sixth in the MAC with 9.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Yanic Konan Niederhauser averaging 2.5.

The Panthers have gone 0-4 away from home. Northern Iowa is seventh in the MVC with 14.5 assists per game led by Heise averaging 2.9.

Northern Illinois' average of 7.2 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.8 fewer made shots on average than the 8.0 per game Northern Iowa allows. Northern Iowa has shot at a 47.9% clip from the field this season, 6.4 percentage points above the 41.5% shooting opponents of Northern Illinois have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: David Coit is scoring 17.5 points per game and averaging 4.0 rebounds for the Huskies. Xavier Amos is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers for Northern Illinois.

Heise is shooting 50.9% and averaging 15.3 points for the Panthers. Bowen Born is averaging 13.3 points over the last 10 games for Northern Iowa.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.