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It’s a nice Big 12 vs Big Ten cross-conference matchup Tuesday night, when the Texas Tech Red Raiders visit the Illinois Fighting Illini.Both teams have looked dynamite to open the year at 2-0, but the books like the Illini in this one, pegging them as 4-point home favorites in the college basketball odds.
Here’s hoping the light bulbs in the scoreboards at State Farm Center in Champaign are all new, because they could really get worked over in this one.has absolutely shredded the competition in its first two games, hanging 113 points in back-to-back contests, crushing Jackson State by 58, and then mashing Florida Gulf Coast by 43.Illinois is shooting 55.1% from the field and 41.2% from three-point range. Conter Tomislav Ivisic is leading the team in scoring at 21 points per game, but he’s one of three Illini averaging better than 20+ — guards Kylan Boswell and Keaton Wagler are the others.hasn’t been bad themselves, as they’ve put together back-to-back 98-point games, a 28-point rout of Lindenwood to kick off the year, then a 21-point whipping of Sam Houston last game.This is the Red Raiders, still not fully developed, as they started the year with four players injured and out in the opener, but they are getting closer to full strength.One of the returning players is preseason Big 12 Player of the Year JT Toppin, who went off for 31 points and 14 rebounds in his debut against Sam Houston. Toppin has great support in stud guard Christian Anderson, who is averaging 26 points and nine assists in two games.Going back to last season, Texas Tech has cashed the Over now in eight straight games, while the Illini have hit the Over in two straight and in five of their last eight overall. All this talk of offense, the defense has been so-so to start for Tech, allowing 68.5 points per game, while Illinois has a little better figure of 62.5 points allowed. Neither are lockdown-type of numbersThat shouldn’t be much of a worry for now. While both teams will find their stride defensively, both schools are having a ton of fun currently, outscoring their problems. David Mirkovic is Illinois’ leading rebounder, grabbing double-digit boards in both games, so we have to take a flier on the freshman Tuesday, considering the generous 8.5 line.For the Red Raiders, sophomore guard Christian Anderson has been a big-time scorer early, partly because of his ability to get to the stripe — he has 19 free throws through two games.Our beyond the arc SGP: Hot shootingWhile Texas Tech has only allowed the opposition to shoot 29.3% from 3-point range so far, Illinois gets up 34 attempts per game. Humrichous should get plenty of chances to drop a couple of triples.And Donovan Atwell has been scorching from 3-point range this year, nailing six moneyballs in back-to-back games. We’ll ride the hot hand, especially when his make line is 2.5.: Our team of experts has thoroughly researched and handpicked each product that appears on our website. We may receive compensation if you sign up through our links. Eric has been involved in sports media in many different capacities since graduating from journalism school in 1999, back when getting your own column in a newspaper was still considered a thing. He doubled down and graduated from broadcast journalism school five years later, which led to a move to Toronto and a career with The Sports Network . From behind-the-scenes production work, he moved into the digital realm, where he had his own hoops column , while regularly live streaming and chatting with fans during broadcasts as the character known as LeBlog James. 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