Eastern Kentucky vs Tennessee State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/27/21
Eastern Kentucky vs Tennessee State College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/27/21
2021-02-27 19:00:00 EDT
The Tennessee State Tigers and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels meet in college basketball action from the McBrayer Arena on Saturday night.
The Tennessee State Tigers will look to bounce back from a 74-60 loss to Tennessee State last time out. Mark Freeman has 16.9 PPG with a team-high 4.6 APG while Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. has 12.5 PPG and Shakem Johnson’s got 11.4 PPG with 5.7 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for TSU up to this point in the season with Johnson logging a team-high 5.7 RPG to control the glass. As a team, Tennessee State is averaging 67.7 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 28.6% from the foul line while allowing 73.3 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field and 34.1% from the 3-point line this season.
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels will look to build on a massive 81-67 win over Belmont last time out. Brandon Knapper has 18.3 PPG to lead the Colonels in average in 4 games while Tre King has 15.4 PPG with a team-high 6.4 RPG and Wendell Green Jr. has 14.7 PPG with a team-high 5.1 APG this season to lead the Colonels in assists. Jomaru Brown and Curt Lewis each have 11 PPG and Michael Moreno has 10.4 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for EKU up to this point in the year. As a team, Eastern Kentucky is averaging 82.7 PPG on 45% shooting from the field and 35.9% from 3-point range while allowing 73.8 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field and 32.7% from 3-point range this season.
Tennessee State is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 5-16 ATS in their last 21 games as an underdog while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall. Eastern Kentucky is 12-4-2 ATS in their last 18 home games and 27-10-2 ATS in their last 39 games overall while the over is 10-1 in their last 11 games as a favorite. The favorite is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings between these two teams.
I respect that the Tigers want to show up and play this game for pride and the points could have some value given how the Colonels have had issues against the number as of late. However, Eastern Kentucky’s the far better team right now and they’ll need to take advantage of winnable spots like this with so much on the line in terms of seeding with the conference tournament right around the corner. I’ll lay the points with Eastern Kentucky at home in this spot.
