Two of the most experienced teams in the country match up and both had similar first half results I their last game. Ball St trailed Evansville 40-18 at HT while UIC trailed Memphis 47-15 and I believe the line is off by a few points as Ball St only lost by 4 as they had a monster 2nd half.
Also, Ball St is only shooting 45.5% from the FT which is a positive for us in what should be a close game. My database shows that teams, like Ball St, that trailed by over 20 points at HT in their last game and battles back to lose by 4 or less are only 25% ATS their next game as they expended a great deal of emotion and energy. Take the home dog with Illinois Chicago.