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Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini
The Eastern Illinois Panthers and the Illinois Fighting Illini will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at State Farm Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Fighting Illini as -28-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game's total opened at 141.
In their last action, Illinois was a 73-63 loser on the road against Razorbacks. They failed to cover the +2.5-point spread as underdogs.
Eastern Illinois lost its last outing, a 75-66 result against Golden Eagles on February 25. They failed to cover in that game as a +1.5-point underdog.
Eastern Illinois:
Team record: 9-22 SU,14-15 ATS
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
Eastern Illinois is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Eastern Illinois's last 7 games on the road
Eastern Illinois is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Illinois
Illinois:
Team record: 20-13 SU,18-15 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Illinois is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Illinois is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Illinois is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Eastern Illinois
Next up:
Eastern Illinois home to Monmouth (IL) Wednesday, November 8
Illinois home to Oakland Friday, November 10