Hmm, I've seen NIU play before and they seem to have an offensive deficiency.. they seem to play within the confines of the game and stay close. they don't seem to have that "umph" to blow by teams and put them away.. they seem to play good defense though, thus keeping this one close. Ball State doesn't look like much to me. They scored only 10 points at half time against Eastern Kentucky... they seemed to turn it on after halftime though but they never impressed me. May juss go with the NIU plus the points or ball state on the moneyline. Will have to see...