Montana State at North Dakota

Montana State heads out on the road having dropped six of the last nine. They come off a home loss to Portland State as a favorite in a 77-70 defeat. The defense has been poor all year, allowing 100 points once and over 80 points 10 times. Montana State is a bad shooting team from the field (42.8%) and the charity stripe (66.7%) and is allowing 80.4 points per game away from home, where they are 3-6. The Bobcats are 12-25 ATS in Big Sky competition. North Dakota plays its best basketball at home, on a 2-1 straight-up run winning once as a dog over Eastern Washington and in a pick 'em game the last time out in a victory at Idaho State. North Dakota Head Coach Brian Jones via 4-2 against Montana State, including a victory the last time these teams met in an 80-78 win at Montana State. North Dakota shot 58.9 percent the last game in the 84-76 road win at Idaho State. UND used an eight-man rotation at Idaho State for the first time in 2015-16 and the wagering value here is on the home team to win the game. Play North Dakota on the moneyline.