TENN. ST.  AT  LINDENWOOD

TSU comes in with a record of 5-10 and 1-3 in conference play while LU has a record of 6-9 and 1-3 in conference play. These two teams along with S. Indiana and EIU are tied for the last four spots in the OVC. Of these four teams I believe TSU is the best. What has hurt them so far is during the early games of the conference season they had several injuries. Then two games ago against SEMO they started to get some of those players back. They still lost that game to SEMO but won their next one against preseason favorite Arkansas-Little Rock by 9. This is the firsat of a long two game road trip for TSU. Lindenwood along with S. Indiana is still on probation after moving up from DII. Those teams can't appear in the NCAA tournament until their probation period is over. I see both of those teams as going downhill until they are off probation and it's a level playing field on the recruiting trail. I like TSU to get the outright win here but I'm still taking the points.

3*  #815  TENN. ST.  +2  -118