The Western Michigan Broncos and the Eastern Michigan Eagles meet in college basketball MAC-tion from the Gervin GameAbove Center on Tuesday night.
The Western Michigan Broncos will look to build on a 78-67 road win over Bowling Green last time out. Lamar Norman Jr. leads the Broncos in scoring with 19.6 PPG along with 1.8 APG as the only double-digit scorer for WMU so far this season. Markeese Hastings has 9.1 PPG with a team-high 8.8 RPG to lead the Broncos on the glass as well this season. As a team, Western Michigan is averaging 65.3 PPG on 42% shooting from the field, 33% from three and 70.1% from the foul line while allowing 76 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field and 33.4% from three this season.
The Eastern Michigan Eagles will look to bounce back from a 75-64 road loss to Ball State last time out. Noah Farrakhan leads the Eagles in scoring with 16.9 PPG along with 3.9 RPG and 2.4 APG while Monty Scott has 10.5 PPG and Bryce McBride has 11.6 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Eastern Michigan so far this season. Colin Golson Jr. has 7.7 PPG with 4.1 RPG and Nate Scott has 8.3 PPG and a team-high 5.6 RPG to lead the Eagles on the glass this season. As a team, Eastern Michigan is averaging 69.7 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three and 70.7% from the foul line while allowing 76.2 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field and 35.2% from three this season.
Western Michigan is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 road games against a team with a winning home record. Eastern Michigan is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall while the over is 8-1 in their last 9 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400.
I get why EMU’s favored at home here as the Eagles are the better offensive team between two struggling defenses. However, the Broncos have done a good job covering on the road while the same can’t be said for the Eagles at home. I think the Broncos keep this one close, so give me the Broncos and the points here.