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Liberty v S Illinois

Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 6:00 PM ET at Curry Arena. Liberty our rank 136 · 1-1; S Illinois our rank 131 · 2-1.

Who will win Liberty vs S Illinois?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Liberty a 52% chance to beat Southern Illinois, with a projected score of Liberty 74, S Illinois 74.

To winLiberty 52%S Illinois 48%
Projected score74–74Liberty, then S Illinois
Margin0.4Liberty · no line posted
Total148.3no line posted
First half35–35Liberty ahead 49%
Liberty by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20S Illinois by 30Model: Liberty by 0.4Liberty by 30by 10by 10S Illinois by 30Model: Liberty by 0.4

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 50–60% have been right 55.4% of the time in 16,654 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Liberty
CampbellG · 28 min12.72.73.515+ 35%
SancombG · 25 min9.64.02.310+ 45%
CampbellG · 22 min9.41.21.410+ 44%
CarterG · 26 min7.83.72.110+ 32%
S Illinois
HaynesG · 32 min19.23.53.120+ 45%
Mayo Jr.G · 34 min15.93.13.515+ 54%
JacksonG · 31 min11.42.92.610+ 58%
SuskoG · 19 min7.43.61.15+ 68%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Cooper Campbell: Liberty 45%S Illinois 55%

The white mark is the call with him: Liberty 52%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsLiberty without himChangeProjected score
Liberty
Cooper Campbell1.645%−774–75
Zander Carter0.948%−474–74
Cobi Campbell0.749%−374–74
Eli Sancomb0.749%−374–74
S Illinois
Damien Mayo Jr.2.060%+875–73
Jalen Haynes1.658%+675–73
Max Pikaar0.955%+375–73
Jaheem Webber0.855%+375–74

Change is in Liberty's win chance, in points. Scores read Liberty, then S Illinois. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Liberty 1-1LW

    1. Nov 7W 113-54vs Boyce
    2. Nov 1L 57-72vs High Point
    Last 2
    1–1, scoring 85.0 and allowing 63.0

    S Illinois 2-1WLW

    1. Nov 12W 80-70vs RichmondCovered +2.5 · Under 150.5
    2. Nov 6L 93-100at Kansas CityDidn't cover +1.5 · Over 143.5
    3. Nov 2W 82-40vs Maryville (MO)
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 85.0 and allowing 70.0
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    LibertyS Illinois
    Points scored per 100 possessions105.3 155th106.7 130th
    Points allowed per 100106.4 137th107.3 159th
    Possessions a game69.0 333rd71.4 111th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)49.2% 279th52.4% 65th
    Opponents' shooting51.2% 238th52.1% 287th
    Turnovers, share of possessions17.4% 107th17.7% 136th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses29.9% 287th31.6% 191st
    Free throws per shot0.25 247th0.30 30th

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Liberty 35, S Illinois 35
    First-half margin
    Liberty by 0.2
    First-half points, both teams
    69.6
    Projected second half
    Liberty 39, S Illinois 39
    Second-half points, both teams
    78.7
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Liberty, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 1 · 51.0 scored, 19.0 allowed
    S Illinois, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 3 · 39.7 scored, 32.7 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Liberty

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Cooper CampbellG2812.72.73.51.4
    15+ pts 35% · 3+ reb 47% · 4+ ast 45%
    Zander CarterG267.83.72.10.8
    10+ pts 32% · 4+ reb 47% · 1+ threes 51%
    Eli SancombG259.64.02.30.9
    10+ pts 45% · 4+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 55%
    Eli HerbertG236.52.81.91.3
    5+ pts 61% · 3+ reb 49% · 2+ ast 53%
    Cobi CampbellG229.41.21.41.8
    10+ pts 44% · 2+ ast 39% · 2+ threes 48%
    Matthew SheltonG196.42.31.10.7
    5+ pts 59% · 3+ reb 39% · 1+ threes 49%
    Reece DavidsonF165.53.50.70.3
    5+ pts 51% · 4+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 22%
    Ryan Jones Jr.F155.43.00.10.9
    5+ pts 50% · 3+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 57%

    S Illinois

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Damien Mayo Jr.G3415.93.13.51.4
    15+ pts 54% · 3+ reb 54% · 4+ ast 45%
    Jalen HaynesG3219.23.53.11.5
    20+ pts 45% · 4+ reb 45% · 3+ ast 58%
    Jeremiah JacksonG3111.42.92.61.7
    10+ pts 58% · 3+ reb 52% · 3+ ast 47%
    Max PikaarF296.27.11.00.8
    5+ pts 57% · 7+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 52%
    Jaheem WebberC215.64.40.40.0
    5+ pts 52% · 5+ reb 44%
    Luke SuskoG197.43.61.11.4
    5+ pts 68% · 4+ reb 45% · 2+ threes 40%
    Luke WalshG154.51.50.90.8
    5+ pts 41% · 2+ reb 41% · 1+ threes 52%
    Jaxson FugateG134.01.90.80.6
    52% to play · 5+ pts 35% · 2+ reb 52% · 1+ threes 44%

    Missed the last game: Pietro Ranieri (16 min a game) and Jaxson Fugate (17 min a game).

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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