The Ball State Cardinals and Xavier Musketeers meet in a nonconference battle on Wednesday night in Cincinnati. Tip-off from the Cintas Center is set for 6:30 p.m. ET. Xavier is favored by 19 points at Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under for total points is set at 149.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page). 

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The model knows the Musketeers have four players averaging in double figures, led by redshirt senior guard Nate Johnson. Johnson, who was named to the Big East honor roll each of the last two weeks, leads the team in scoring at 14.6 points per game, including 23 points per game over the last three games. He has scored in double figures in five games this season, including each of the past three. His best game in that stretch was a 30-point performance on 7 of 11 shooting from 3-point range.

The model also knows the Cardinals are led by junior guard Luke Bumbalough, one of five players averaging at least nine points per game. Bumbalough is scoring at a 13.7 per game clip with 3.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds. He is coming off a 17-point performance at Western Illinois and has scored at least 14 points or more in each of Ball State's last four games. He is hitting 43 percent of his field goals, including a blistering 45.7 percent from 3-point range.  

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