Eastern Kentucky Colonels (1-7) at Eastern Illinois Panthers (2-6, 0-1 OVC)
Charleston, Illinois; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Colonels -5.5; over/under is 153.5
BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Illinois takes on Eastern Kentucky after Kooper Jacobi scored 20 points in Eastern Illinois' 82-74 loss to the Lindenwood Lions.
The Panthers are 2-1 on their home court. Eastern Illinois is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Colonels are 0-4 on the road. Eastern Kentucky has a 2-5 record in games decided by 10 or more points.
Eastern Illinois averages 62.1 points per game, 23.0 fewer points than the 85.1 Eastern Kentucky gives up. Eastern Kentucky's 41.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.8 percentage points lower than Eastern Illinois has given up to its opponents (47.7%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Preston Turner averages 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Panthers, scoring 9.7 points while shooting 42.3% from beyond the arc. Jacobi is shooting 40.2% and averaging 11.1 points.
Juan Cranford Jr. is averaging 11.9 points for the Colonels. Austin Ball is averaging 10.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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