The Eastern Illinois Panthers and Central Michigan Chippewas meet Sunday in college basketball action at the McGuirk Arena. The Eastern Illinois Panthers look to rebound from an 0-2 start. The Central Michigan Chippewas look for their first win.
The Eastern Illinois Panthers are averaging 53 points on 34.2 percent shooting and allowing 70.5 points on 42.3 percent shooting. Kinyon Hodges is averaging 14 points and 1.5 assists, while Yaakema Rose Jr. is averaging 9 points and 6 rebounds. Jermaine Hamlin is grabbing 2.5 rebounds and Paul Bizimana is grabbing 1 rebound. The Eastern Illinois Panthers are shooting 15.2 percent from beyond the arc and 60 percent from the free throw line. The Eastern Illinois Panthers are allowing 37.5 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29.5 rebounds per game.
The Central Michigan Chippewas are averaging 73 points on 44.8 percent shooting and allowing 97 points on 53 percent shooting. Jesse Zarzuela is averaging 17 points and 2 assists, while Brain Taylor is averaging 15 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Miller is the third double-digit scorer and Reggie Bass is grabbing 6 rebounds. The Central Michigan Chippewas are shooting 30.4 percent from beyond the arc and 66.7 percent from the free throw line. The Central Michigan Chippewas are allowing 34.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 34 rebounds per game.
The Panthers are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 Sunday games and 18-37 ATS in their last 55 games overall. The Chippewas are 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 Sunday games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS loss. The under is 22-9-1 in Panthers last 32 overall. The under is 8-2 in Chippewas last 10 home games.
The Eastern Illinois Panthers have been terrible against the number dating back to last season, and they’ve been horrible offensively through two games. The Central Michigan Chippewas have a clear talent edge in this game, and the game against Marquette is only going to make them better moving forward. I’ll lay the points with the Chippewas.