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The Missouri Tigers face the Auburn Tigers in the first round of the SEC tournament in a game that will take place at the neutral site at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee at 9 PM ET. The betting odds for this match have Auburn as a -6.5 point spread favorite up a half point from the opener. The total line for this game is holding at 153 points.
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Missouri is coming off an 89-78 loss to Auburn in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as an 8.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 167, which was over the closing line of 154.5. Missouri has failed to cover the spread in their last two games after doing so in two in a row and in two of their last three games the total has gone over. Missouri has lost six in a row and seven of their last eight games.
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Auburn is coming off an 89-78 win over Missouri in their last game where they covered the spread as an 8.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 167, which was over the closing line of 167. Auburn has covered the spread in three of their last four games, including their last two, and in two of their last three games, including their last two, the total has gone over. Auburn had lost back-to-back games against Arkansas and Georgia before their win over Missouri.
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Missouri is putting up 68.4 points per game on a 39.1% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball they are allowing 72.1 points per game on a 42.8% FG average.
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Auburn is putting up 80.3 points per game on a 43.7% FG average. On defense they are allowing 79.4 points per game on a 43.7% FG average.
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This season Auburn beat Missouri twice.
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Missouri Tigers at Auburn Tigers Betting Trends<br />
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Missouri is 6-3 against the spread in their last 9 games overall.
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The Tigers are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
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The game total has gone under in 4 of Missouri’s last 6 games against Auburn.
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Auburn is 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games overall.
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The game total has gone over in 11 of Auburn’s last 13 games.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Missouri and Auburn have the public leaning heavily to the Tigers minus the 6.5 points with over 85%. The over/under bettors are also leaning heavily to this game going over the posted total line of 153 with 71% on board.
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