The IUPU Fort Wayne Mastodons will look to pick up a win while covering the spread when they take on the Jaguars in IUPUI at IUPUI Gymnasium on Thursday in college basketball action.

This season, the Jaguars are 5-10 overall and 2-10 ATS ATS, while the Mastodons are 6-7 and 5-3 ATS against the number. As for the totals, IUPUI boasts a 4-3 on the OU, and IUPU Fort Wayne is 1-2-1.



View IUPU Fort Wayne vs IUPUI Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
The Mastodons were listed as 1-point underdogs at many online sportsbooks, including Sportsbook.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 321 (Jaguars) and the No. 91 (Mastodons) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 72-60 result in favor of the Mastodons has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
The game also pits IUPUI's No. 167-ranked offense, averaging 68.3 PPG, against a Mastodons defense that ranks No. 84 at 61.2 PPG. The Jaguars field goal percentage has averaged 43.5% so far, more than the Mastodons marksmen have achieved on the year, 40.2% per game.

Defensively, IUPU Fort Wayne features the nation's No. 86-rated defense on the road, allowing 65 points per game. IUPUI, meanwhile, comes in at No. 180 nationally in scoring at home.

Last time out for IUPU Fort Wayne, they were a 70-47 Sportsbook as they battled Kennesaw State at home. The Mastodons blew out Kennesaw State on Friday, running up a 20+ point victory in a 70-47 win at Memorial Coliseum.

IUPUI won its last outing, a 77-68 result against Ball State on December 23. They covered in that game as an 8.5-point underdog. The Jaguars got 20 points from Sean Esposito as IUPUI ran past Ball State 77-68 on Sunday at Worthen Arena.

Next up:
IUPU Fort Wayne at Western Illinois, Saturday, December 29
IUPUI home to Oakland, Saturday, December 29