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Louisville Cardinals vs Indiana Hoosiers: Both teams have a solid start to the season
The Indiana Hoosiers and the Louisville Cardinals will face each other at Imperial Arena in Nassau, Bahamas on Wednesday.
The Cardinals are looking to end the drought against the Hoosiers
The Louisville Cardinals are ninth in the ACC with a 3-1 record with all four games playing at home. They are coming off a 76-61 win over the Winthrop Eagles. The Cardinals are 104th in the nation scoring 81 points per game and are ranked 231st shooting 43.8% from the field. Reyne Smith leads the team averaging 14.8 points per game.
Can the Hoosiers stay undefeated?
The Indiana Hoosiers are third in the Big Ten Conference with a 4-0 record, all of them playing at home. The Hoosiers are coming off a 69-58 win over the UNC Greensboro Spartans. They are ninth in the league allowing 35.4% shooting from the field and are ranked 38th allowing 92.8 points per game. Mackenzie Mgbako leads the team averaging 18.8 points per game.
Betting Trends
Louisville is 3-7 SU in their last 10 games overall, 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall and has played under the total point line in 7 of the last 10 games overall. Indiana is 9-1 SU in their last 10 games overall, 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games overall, and has played under the total point line in 6 of their last 10 games overall. The Cardinals have won 3 of the last 5 games against the Hoosiers but Indiana won the last two. Louisville covered the spread in each of the last five head-to-head games and 4 of those finished under the total point line.
Prediction and Conclusion
Both teams are off to a solid start to the season, and it will be interesting to see how they will perform in the Bahamas. The Hoosiers are among the best defensive teams in the league and have been perfect so far in the season, winning all four games by a double-digit margin. The Cardinals’ only loss came against Tennessee, which was expected. The Hoosiers are -2.5-point favorites going into this one as they are looking for their third consecutive win over Louisville. This will definitely be a tight game, and the total point line is simply too high at 154.5, so we go with the under.
