Creighton vs Northern Iowa College Basketball Picks – February 16th, 2010: The Creighton Blue Jays will mix it up with Missouri Valley top dog Northern Iowa this evening at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Blue Jays will be seeking revenge for a 52-60 home loss inflicted by the No. 24 Panthers in late December when things get underway at 8:05pm ET tonight. Creighton vs Northern Iowa College Basketball Picks – February 16th, 2010 at SPORTSBETTING.com have the Panthers listed as a -9 against the spread home favorite.
Creighton lost for the fourth time in its last eight games on Saturday, falling at home to Illinois State 63-67. The setback 
dropped the Jays record to 13-13 and their conference mark to 8-7. Creighton had trouble finding the basket against the Redbirds, hitting just 17 of its 46 field goal attempts. Conversely, Illinois State connected on 27-of-53 shot attempts for an impressive 50.9 percent from the field.
The Blue Jays, which are in fourth place in the Missouri Valley Conference, are hoping they can reverse their road woes (2-8 away from home this season) with a solid outing this evening. They have had good success in Cedar Falls of late, winning their last five games there by an average of 5.4 points per game.
Northern Iowa had a six game win streak stopped and fell to 22-3 overall on Saturday with a 59-68 road loss at Bradley. The setback reduced the Panthers conference led to three games over Wichita State, but there are just four games left on NIU's schedule. The Panthers shot a miserable 18-of-55 from the field in the loss to the Braves and they also committed 16 turnovers to Bradley's eight.
Seven foot senior center Jordan Eglseder, who had 13 points and six boards against Bradley, will not be able to match up with the Jays Kenny Lawson Jr. tonight. Eglseder will serve a three game suspension beginning this evening for driving under the influence.
SPORTSBETTING.com Creighton vs Northern Iowa College Basketball Picks – February 16th, 2010:
Creighton Blue Jays +9 (-110), Over 122.5 (-110)
Northern Iowa Panthers -9 (-110), Under 122.5 (-110)
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