Being a non-conference game is very important because the defense starts to stepup in conference games. Eastern Washington loves to play uptempo, has an above average offense but just average defense. North Dakota State likes to play slow, has a very good offense and terrible defensive team. Because Eastern Wash is the better team the game should be played at their pace. My model has this total 165.5.

I think we can expect a shootout at Eastern Washington today with North Dakota State visiting and the total looks 10-points too light. NDSU averages a 76-72 score and has gotten Over the total in eight of their 12 games. So has EWU with a 78-72 score and while they’re 7-7, they cover well going 9-3 ATS. Both teams shoot well over 47%. Over is the play here.