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Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs. Eastern Illinois Panthers
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Eastern Illinois Panthers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Lantz Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Panthers as -8.5-point favorites versus the Colonels, while the game's total opened at 149.5.
Eastern Illinois lost its last outing, a 68-64 result against Governors on February 01. They covered in that game as a +9-point underdog.
In their last action, Eastern Kentucky was a 70-57 winner at home against Redhawks. They covered the -5-point spread as favorites.
Eastern Kentucky:
Team record: 11-12 SU,11-11 ATS
Current Streak: won 5 straight games.
Eastern Kentucky is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Eastern Kentucky is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Eastern Kentucky's last 5 games
Eastern Illinois:
Team record: 11-11 SU,10-11 ATS
Eastern Illinois is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Eastern Illinois is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Eastern Illinois is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Next up:
Eastern Kentucky at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Saturday, February 8
Eastern Illinois home to Morehead State Saturday, February 8