The Wisc-Milwaukee Panthers will try to cover the spread at U.S. Cellular Arena on Friday when they get a visit from the Wisc-Green Bay Phoenix in NCAA basketball action.

The Phoenix will try to spoil to the party on Friday; they are 9-8-1 ATS against the number this season, while the Panthers are 6-11-1 ATS. Wisc-Green Bay is 3-10 on the totals; Wisc-Milwaukee is 6-8.



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Betting Line:
If you were backing the visitors in this one, the Phoenix were listed as 5-point favorites earlier in the day at Sportsbook.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 261 (Panthers) and the No. 134 (Phoenix) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 68-58 result in favor of the Phoenix has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Wisc-Milwaukee's No. 287 nationally ranked offense (62 points per game) against a Phoenix defense that sits as the No. 103 at 63 PPG. The Panthers have been averaging 37.6% from the field, less than the Phoenix have managed so far this season (43.1% on average).

Defensively, Wisc-Green Bay features the nation's No. 255-rated defense on the road, allowing 73.7 points per game. Wisc-Milwaukee, meanwhile, comes in at No. 237 nationally in scoring at home.

Wisc-Green Bay was a 73-61 loser in its last match on the road against Valparaiso. They failed to cover the 8.5-point spread as underdogs. Wisc-Green Bay got 18 points from Alec Brown but lost anyway, 73-61, to Valparaiso on Wednesday at Athletics-Recreation Center.

Wisc-Milwaukee was a 60-50 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Illinois-Chicago. They failed to cover the 8.5-point spread as underdogs. The Panthers got 14 points from Paris Gulley, but it was Illinois-Chicago that prevailed in a 60-50 final on Wednesday at UIC Pavilion.


Wisc-Green Bay Phoenix Trends:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Illinois-Chicago are 7-3
After playing Valparaiso are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

Wisc-Milwaukee Panthers Trends:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Loyola of Chicago are 7-3
After playing Illinois-Chicago are 6-4
After a loss are 3-7

A few Phoenix at Panthers trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Wisc-Green Bay's last 8 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Milwaukee
Wisc-Green Bay is 4-11 ATS in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Milwaukee
Wisc-Green Bay is 2-13 SU in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Milwaukee
Wisc-Green Bay is 1-6-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Wisc-Milwaukee is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Wisc-Green Bay
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Wisc-Milwaukee's last 8 games when playing at home against Wisc-Green Bay
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Wisc-Milwaukee's last 16 games when playing Wisc-Green Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wisc-Milwaukee's last 6 games


Next up:
Wisc-Green Bay at Illinois-Chicago, Thursday, January 31
Wisc-Milwaukee at Loyola of Chicago, Wednesday, January 30