Illinois is without leading scorer, Rayvonte Rice, who suffered a broken hand in practice. Nebraska has its full rotation going with the return of Leslee Smith and Moses Abraham.



The Illini knocked off ninth-ranked Maryland this past Wednesday behind 28 points from Malcolm Hill. That's not likely to happen again and has caused this line to be lower than expected. They are going to miss Rice here. Illinois has not had good chemistry this season just 2-7 ATS in its last nine games. The Illini also have failed to cover during their last five road contests.



Nebraska has straighten itself out from a 1-6 ATS slide. A big reason for that was not having its full rotation.