Eastern Illinois vs Murray State 1/17/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Murray State Racers and Eastern Illinois Panthers meet Monday in college basketball action at the Lantz Arena. The Murray State Racers look to build on their four-game winning streak. The Eastern Illinois Panthers look to snap a six-game losing streak.

The Murray State Racers are averaging 83.3 points on 49.6 percent shooting and allowing 65.1 points on 40.8 percent shooting. Tevin Brown is averaging 18.5 points and 5.6 rebounds while KJ Williams is averaging 15.9 points and 7.9 rebounds. Justice Hill is the third double-digit scorer and Trae Hannibal is grabbing 4.1 rebounds. The Murray State Racers are shooting 38.7 percent from beyond the arc and 66.4 percent from the free throw line. The Murray State Racers are allowing 31.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 36.5 rebounds per game.

The Eastern Illinois Panthers are averaging 56.5 points on 39.3 percent shooting and allowing 69.8 points on 43.5 percent shooting. Kashawn Charles is averaging 9.2 points and 1.3 assists, while Kejuan Clements is averaging 9.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. Sammy Friday IV is dishing 0.1 assists and CJ Lane is grabbing 2.4 rebounds. The Eastern Illinois Panthers are shooting 31.9 percent from beyond the arc and 60.7 percent from the free throw line. The Eastern Illinois Panthers are allowing 32.8 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 28.2 rebounds per game.

The Racers are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Panthers are 4-12 ATS in their last 16 home games and 20-41 ATS in their last 61 games overall. The under is 4-1 in Racers last 5 games following a ATS win. The under is 19-7-1 in Panthers last 27 overall. The underdog is 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings.

The Murray State Racers are comfortably the better team here, and their offense has the ability to blow the doors off here. However, Murray State has also allowed teams to hang around this season, and you have to question the motivation with this being the fourth road game in the last five contests. Eastern Illinois isn’t good, but it finds ways to make games ugly and do just enough at times to make games closer than they should be. Give me the points.