Jacksonville vs Eastern Kentucky 2/9/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Jacksonville Dolphins meet in college basketball action from the Swisher Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels will look to bounce back after losing three of their last four games after a 91-84 loss to Liberty last time out. Jomaru Brown leads the Colonels in scoring with 11.2 PPG while Michael Moreno and Devontae Blanton each have 10.6 PPG with Moreno logging 5.5 RPG and Blanton punching in 6.3 RPG to lead the Colonels on the glass. Cooper Robb, Braxton Beverly and Jannson Williams each have 10+ PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Eastern Kentucky so far this year. As a team, Eastern Kentucky is averaging 81.1 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 35.8% from three and 68.2% from the foul line while allowing 74.3 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field and 33.1% from three this season.

The Jacksonville Dolphins will try to bounce back from a 64-58 loss to Jacksonville State last time out. Kevion Nolan leads the Dolphins with 13.6 PPG and 4 APG while Bryce Workman has 9.2 PPG with 4.8 RPG and Osayi Osifo has a team-high 6 RPG to lead the Dolphins on the glass this season. As a team, Jacksonville is averaging 66.2 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three and 68.4% from the foul line while allowing 58.6 PPG on 39.3% shooting from the field and 30% from three this season.

Eastern Kentucky is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a loss while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600. Jacksonville is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record and 10-1 ATS in their last 11 home games against a team with a losing road record.

I get why you’d take a look at Eastern Kentucky here, but the reality with the Colonels is that they’ve had trouble keeping points off of the opposing side of the scoreboard as of late. Jacksonville’s played their best ball by far at home this season and I think until we see signs of life from Eastern Kentucky defensively, I’m running the other way. I’ll take Jacksonville laying the points here.