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Toledo won its last three games with Akron, but Zips won three of last four visits here- Toledo won here 84-67 LY. Akron had 10-game streak snapped Tuesday t Central Michigan; Zips are 3-3 on road, with shaky losses to Green Bay, Chippewas. Toledo lost two of last three games; they lost last four times they scored less than 84 points. MAC home teams are 5-7 vs spread if spread was less than six points.
Home side won six of last seven Dayton-GW games; Colonials lost last four visits here, by 15-15-16-10 points. George Washington won four of last five games, with three wins by 11+ points- they're 3-1 vs top 100 teams, with only loss by 5 to Cincinnati. Dayton won six of last seven games, winning first two conference home games by 30-6. A-14 home favorites of 6 or less points are 4-2 vs spread.
Illinois State beat Evansville three times LY, by 26-2ot-4 points; three of last five series games went OT. Aces lost last four visits here, by 2-5-1-26 points. Redbirds allowed 79 ppg in losing last two games; they're 2-0 in Valley home games, winning by 13-2 points- they've got #286 eFG%. Evansville is 4-1 in MVC with last three wins all by 17+ points. MVC home underdogs are 3-5 vs spread.
Iona won four of last five games with Monmouth, winning by 1-19 in the two played here. Gaels won by 18 in MAAC tourney last March. Iona is 6-0 in MAAC, with all four home wins by 9+ points- they won last five games overall. Hawks won eight of last nine games, are 4-2 vs teams in top 125, with wins over USC, UCLA, Georgetown. MAAC home teams are 8-1 vs spread if spread was 2 or less points.
Niagara won five of last six games with Fairfield; all six games were won by six or less points. Eagles won last three visits here by 3-4-2 points. Niagara won its last two games by hoop each after losing seven in a row before that; they're turning ball over 22.5% of time (#340). MAAC home favorites are 5-11 vs spread. Fairfield is 3-4 in MAAC, with three of four losses by 12+ points.
Manhattan won its last five games with Canisius, which lost last three visits to Draddy Gym by 13-5-9 points. Jaspers won five of last seven games after a 1-7 start, winning last three home games by 11-6-5 points. Griffins allowed 81.3 ppg in losing last four games; they lost by 15-11 in only two MAAC road games. MAAC home teams are 8-1 vs spread if spread was 2 or less points.
Siena-Quinnipiac split their first four MAAC meetings, going 1-1 in each building. Saints are 0-3 in MAAC road games, losing by 4-9-5 points- its last road game was triple OT loss at Manhattan. Siena is turning ball over 21.9% of time (#329). Quinnipiac lost five of last six games, with only win over #239 Rider; Bobcats are 0-4 vs top 125 teams. MAAC home underdogs of 3 or less points are 7-0 vs spread.
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