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Eastern Kentucky vs Jacksonville State 1/15/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

Jacksonville State Gamecocks (9-6) vs. Eastern Kentucky Colonels (8-9)
January 15, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Eastern Kentucky Colonels -2 ; Over/Under: 148.5
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The Jacksonville State Gamecocks and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels meet Saturday in college basketball action from EKU Alumni Coliseum. Jacksonville State is currently 9-6 on the season and took out Lipscomb in their last appearance. As for Eastern Kentucky, they’re 8-9 so far. The Colonels lost to North Alabama in their most recent game. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.

Jacksonville State posted a spotty 5-6 record in their first 11 games, beating Alabama A&M, Drexel, Elon, LaGrange and FIU along the way. Since then it’s been a win streak over Little Rock, Carver, North Alabama and Lipscomb to move to 9-6. 

Matched up against Lipscomb on Tuesday, the Gamecocks were down 48-34 at halftime. Jacksonville State came back on a 54-35 run from there to take the 88-83 win. Top scorer Darian Adams doubled up on 24 points, 10 assists and eight boards. 

Over on the Eastern Kentucky side, they won five of their first six games this year before hitting a five-game losing streak. After wins versus Midway, Northern Kentucky and Alice Lloyd, the Colonels lost to Central AR, Bellarmine and North Alabama in the next trio. 

On Tuesday versus North Alabama, the Colonels were down by one point at halftime. Eastern Kentucky kept the pace from there but ultimately lost 76-75 in a tough one. Both Russhard Cruickshank and Jomaru Brown posted 14 points apiece with a combined six boards. 

The Colonels are 1-4 ATS in their last five overall and 1-5 ATS in their last six after a straight-up loss. The under is 6-0 in EKU’s last six overall. 

Meanwhile, the Gamecocks are 5-1 ATS in their last six road games and 5-1 ATS in their last six Saturday games. Jacksonville State is 4-1 ATS in their last five overall. 

PICK: I’m going to try Jacksonville State in this one. It’s been a good run for the Gamecocks over this four-game win streak. They’ve hit 87 or more points in three of those games and have been pretty competitive over their last seven appearances or so. As for Eastern Kentucky, they’ve had a few bad breaks lately but generally they’re still scoring well these days. We should have a pretty good matchup here, and I like Jacksonville State to eke out the cover. 

Andrew's Free Pick: Jacksonville State Gamecocks +2

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