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Kent won last four games with Ohio U, winning by 14-13 in last couple visits to Athens. Flashes won their last five games, one of which was an 89-82 home win over the Bobcats Jan 16- Flashes were 27-36 on foul line, Ohio 20-22. Kent is 3-0 in its MAC road games, winning by 3-8-3 points. Bobcats are 3-4 in MAC, but won two of three at home. MAC home favorites of 6 or less points are 12-5 vs spread.
Princeton won seven of last eight games with Brown, winning three of last four visits here, with wins by 14-4-18 points; Bruins lost its last four D-I games; they're 0-6 vs top 100 teams, with five of six losses by 9+ points. Tigers are 7-0 vs teams ranked outside top 100, with seven of nine wins by 9+ points- they're 5-4 in true road games this season.
VCU crushed Davidson 93-73 in A-14 tourney last March, after home team won both regular season meetings; Rams lost 82-55 at Davidson in first A-14 visit here. VCU won its last 10 games; all five of its losses are to top 60 teams; they're 4-1 in true road games, with loss at Ga Tech. Wildcats are 3-0 at home in A-14, scoring 81.3 ppg. A-14 home dogs of 6 or less points are 1-9 against the spread.
Penn lost eight of last nine D-I games, with only win over Binghamton, #330 in country; Quakers lost last six games with Yale, losing by 9-7-27 in last three games played here. Penn is 1-5 in true road games, with win at #350 Delaware State. Yale won its last five D-I games; they're 9-0 vs teams outside top 200, with eight of nine wins by 12+ points.
Harvard won its last eight games with Cornell, winning last four played here, by 21-11-9-25 points. Crimson is worst foul shooting team in US (58.3%); they got upset at Dartmouth last game. Cornell lost five of its last seven games, but two wins were on road, at St Peter's/Howard- they got swept by Columbia in first two Ivy games, by 4-11 points.
Dartmouth won four of last six games with Columbia, sweeping Lions by 12-13 points in LY's meetings. Big Green beat Canisius/Harvard last two games, after starting season 4-9; they're 5-2 in home games. Lions won eight of last nine D-I games, but none of opponents are ranked in top 200. Columbia swept Cornell in its first two Ivy games, by 4-11.
Detroit lost its last five games after starting season 9-5; Titans lost last game 115-108 in OT at Green Bay Monday, rallying back from dwn 17 in first half- a 98-possession game!!!! Detroit allowed 89 ppg in losing last two home games. Northern Kentucky is 3-2 in last five games, 2-3 in Horizon home games, beating Youngstown/UIC. Horizon League single digit home underdogs are 4-7 vs spread.
Wright State won six games in a row, 10 of last 11- only three of those were on road; Raiders got swept by Oakland LY, losing by 8-9 points, after going 3-0 vs Grizzlies year before. This is Wright's first road game in 20 days; they're 2-1 on Horizon road, losing by 8 at Green Bay for its only loss since Dec 13. Horizon League single digit home underdogs are 4-7 vs spread. Oakland won four of its last five games.
Green Bay allowed 219 points in its last two games but split pair- they won last game in OT after blowing 17-point lead. Phoenix won six of its last nine games with Milwaukee, sweeping Panthers by 16-11 points in LY's games. Milwaukee won five of its last six games; five of its last six losses are by 4 or less points. Horizon League single digit home dogs are 4-7 vs spread. Green Bay won three of five Horizon road games.
IUPUI won 67-60 at Western Illinois January 9, after trailing by 5 with 10:41 left; Jaguars won last two series games after losing previous five to WIU, who won two of last three visits here. IUPUI won four of its last five games after starting season 5-12. Leathernecks lost last nine games; they're 0-7 in Summit, losing road games by 2-4-9 points Summit League home favorites of 7 or less points are 6-11 vs apread.
Iona lost three of last four games, allowing 86.3 ppg; Gaels got beat by Manhattan in last two MAAC tourneys, after going 3-1 vs Jaspers in regular season meetings. Iona won last three series games played here, by 8-12-4 points. Manhattan won five of last seven games after starting 3-8 this season; Jaspers' last two losses are by total of five points, at the Buffalo-area schools. MAAC home favorites are 9-20 vs spread.
Canisius won its last three road games; they're 4-1 on MAAC road, 1-4 at home; Griffins are 8-4 vs teams ranked outside top 200- they've won last four games with Fairfield, winning by 26-14 points in last couple visits here. Stags won three of last four games; they're 3-2 at home in MAAC games, losing to Monmouth, St Peter's. Underdogs are 14-4 vs spread in MAAC games where spread was 3 or less points.
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