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Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Eastern Kentucky Colonels
The Eastern Illinois Panthers and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at McBrayer Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Panthers as -5-point favorites versus the Colonels, while the game's total opened at 152.5.
In their last action, Eastern Kentucky was a 80-71 loser at home against Gamecocks. They failed to cover the +2.5-point spread as underdogs.
In their last action, Eastern Illinois was a 87-55 loser on the road against Bruins. They failed to cover the +11-point spread as underdogs.
Eastern Illinois:
Team record: 7-7 SU,6-7 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Eastern Illinois is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Eastern Illinois is 8-16 SU in its last 24 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Eastern Illinois's last 8 games
Eastern Kentucky:
Team record: 4-11 SU,4-10 ATS
Eastern Kentucky is 2-9 ATS in its last 11 games
Eastern Kentucky is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Eastern Kentucky's last 6 games
Next up:
Eastern Illinois at Morehead State Saturday, January 11
Eastern Kentucky home to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Saturday, January 11