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Re: 2-26-09
Al DeMarco
Thursday's Pick
5 Dime - Florida International
Big revenge game for Florida International as it dropped a 68-63 decision at Middle Tennessee State January 10 in the season's first meeting, a game in which it trailed by 14 with a little over 10 minutes to play before staging a late road rally. But there's more than payback at stake for the Golden Panthers tonight as they're in the running to host a first-round conference tournament game next week with two games left to play in the regular season, both on their home floor.
Florida International is coming off a 79-66 loss at conference leader Western Kentucky, but don't be alarmed as the Hilltoppers were the team with revenge on Saturday having been upset in Miami back on January 8 as a six-point road favorite in a 81-79 loss. The Golden Panthers have made a habit of pulling off big upsets at home this season as their previous home outing put an end to Troy State's 10-game winning streak as they knocked off the Trojans 87-86, a game where they blew a 13-point lead before hitting a three-pointer to prevail with three seconds to play. FIU also beat Fordham from the Atlantic-10 and Toledo from the Mid-American Conference at home this season while barely losing to South Alabama (57-62) from Conference USA and Cleveland State (58-66) from the Horizon League.
Two Thursdays ago I told you to go against Middle Tennessee State when I backed Troy at home against the Blue Raiders as my College Revenge Game of the Year selection. One of the key reasons was the fact that MTSU simply struggles on the road. It just managed to snap a five-game overall road losing streak and notch its first conference win in six highway outings with six-point win over a 6-23 Florida Atlantic squad on Saturday.
Florida International has gotten a tremendous boost from the return of star freshman forward Freddy Asprilla, who returned from a injury-caused, seven-game absence with back-to-back outings of 16 points and 8 rebounds and 21 points and 15 boards. He had 28 points and 10 rebounds in the Golden Panthers' loss at Middle Tennessee State earlier this season.
The Blue Raiders are 1-3 ATS in the last four games in the series.
Al DeMarco
Thursday's Pick
5 Dime - Florida International
Big revenge game for Florida International as it dropped a 68-63 decision at Middle Tennessee State January 10 in the season's first meeting, a game in which it trailed by 14 with a little over 10 minutes to play before staging a late road rally. But there's more than payback at stake for the Golden Panthers tonight as they're in the running to host a first-round conference tournament game next week with two games left to play in the regular season, both on their home floor.
Florida International is coming off a 79-66 loss at conference leader Western Kentucky, but don't be alarmed as the Hilltoppers were the team with revenge on Saturday having been upset in Miami back on January 8 as a six-point road favorite in a 81-79 loss. The Golden Panthers have made a habit of pulling off big upsets at home this season as their previous home outing put an end to Troy State's 10-game winning streak as they knocked off the Trojans 87-86, a game where they blew a 13-point lead before hitting a three-pointer to prevail with three seconds to play. FIU also beat Fordham from the Atlantic-10 and Toledo from the Mid-American Conference at home this season while barely losing to South Alabama (57-62) from Conference USA and Cleveland State (58-66) from the Horizon League.
Two Thursdays ago I told you to go against Middle Tennessee State when I backed Troy at home against the Blue Raiders as my College Revenge Game of the Year selection. One of the key reasons was the fact that MTSU simply struggles on the road. It just managed to snap a five-game overall road losing streak and notch its first conference win in six highway outings with six-point win over a 6-23 Florida Atlantic squad on Saturday.
Florida International has gotten a tremendous boost from the return of star freshman forward Freddy Asprilla, who returned from a injury-caused, seven-game absence with back-to-back outings of 16 points and 8 rebounds and 21 points and 15 boards. He had 28 points and 10 rebounds in the Golden Panthers' loss at Middle Tennessee State earlier this season.
The Blue Raiders are 1-3 ATS in the last four games in the series.
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