Drake comes in with a conference record of 10-2 sitting atop the MVC. Murray St. has a conference record of 5-7 and in a three way tie for #8th in the conference. Drake has only lost 2 games all year and they were on back to back games in conference. At Illinois-Chicago and then at home against this very same Racer team. Since then they have rattled off 8 wins in a row covering the spread in 5 of those games. The Racers are riding a 3 game losing streak and 5 of the last 6. In those 6 games they are 1-5 ATS. I like this Drake team playing with revenge for the first time this year. They have a methodical offense that just wears a defense down while using most of the shot clock. It use to be hard to beat the Racers on their home court, but not this year. In conference they are 2-3 at home straight up and 1-4 ATS. In their first meeting the Racers had a much better than average night shooting the ball. They were 15-25 60.0% inside the arc and 7-15 46.7% from outside the arc. Drake leads the conference in defensive efficiency so I don't expect to see that kind of shooting in this one. I look for Drake to get their revenge tonight and cover the small number.
3* #633 DRAKE -4 -120