Austin Peay vs Eastern Illinois 2/14/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Eastern Illinois Panthers and the Austin Peay Governors meet in college basketball action from Winfield Dunn Center on Monday night.

The Eastern Illinois Panthers will look to build on an 82-70 win over UT-Martin last time out. Kashawn Charles leads the Panthers in scoring with 9.3 PPG while Kejuan Clements has 8.5 PPG with Clements logging 4 RPG and a team-high 4.7 APG to lead the Panthers in the assist department. Rodolfo Rufino Bolis also has a team-high 5 RPG to lead the Panthers in rebounding so far this season. As a team, Eastern Illinois is averaging 57.4 PPG on 40.1% shooting from the field, 32.8% from three and 62.4% from the foul line while allowing 71.5 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field and 34.2% from three this season.

The Austin Peay Governors will look to build on back-to-back wins after a 54-52 win over Tennessee State last time out. Elijah Hutchins-Everett leads Austin Peay in scoring and rebounding with 12.9 PPG and 6.6 RPG while Tariq Silver has 10 PPG and Caleb Stone-Carrawell has 11.3 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Austin Peay so far this season. Cameron Copeland has 8.7 PPG while Carlos Paez has a team-high 3.5 APG as well for the Governors this year. As a team, Austin Peay is averaging 65.4 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 70.7% from the foul line while allowing 69.2 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field and 28.7% from three this season.

Eastern Illinois is 16-35 ATS in their last 51 games overall and 8-17 ATS in their last 25 road games while the under is 16-4-1 in their last 21 games following a loss. Austin Peay is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a losing record and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall while the under is 7-0 in their last 7 home games.

I get why Austin Peay is favored here, but double-digits is a ton for a team that doesn’t really blow teams away in conference. Eastern Illinois is dreadful offensively, but they’ve been keeping games close against teams that are on their level as of late and I think this is another prime spot where even Eastern Illinois can keep this one closer than the number. Give me the Panthers and the points here.