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Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs. Eastern Illinois Panthers
The fans at Lantz Arena will be treated to a game between the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Eastern Illinois Panthers when they take their seats on Saturday.
Oddsmakers opened the Colonels as -2-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game's total opened at 151.5.
Eastern Illinois was a 87-61 loser in their most recent outing at home against Eagles. They failed to cover the -6-point spread as favorites.
Eastern Kentucky won its last outing, a 90-80 result against Golden Eagles on January 09. They failed to cover in that game as a -10.5-point favorite.
Eastern Kentucky:
Team record: 11-2 SU,7-3-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 6 straight games.
Eastern Kentucky is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Eastern Kentucky is 7-16-1 SU in its last 24 games on the road
Eastern Kentucky is 2-5-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois:
Team record: 5-7 SU,3-9 ATS
Eastern Illinois is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Eastern Illinois is 16-3-1 SU in its last 20 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Eastern Illinois's last 6 games at home
Next up:
Eastern Kentucky home to Tennessee-Martin Thursday, January 21
Eastern Illinois at Belmont Thursday, January 21