Jacksonville vs. Eastern Kentucky Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/24/23

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Jacksonville Dolphins square off in college basketball action from the Swisher Gymnasium on Friday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Jacksonville is listed as a 1.5-point favorite with a total for this game set at 133.5 points.

Injuries

Neither side has anyone listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.

Matchup History

Jacksonville’s 81-68 win back on February 9^th, 2022, was the Dolphins’ first all-time win over Eastern Kentucky.

Trends

Eastern Kentucky is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss and 5-16 ATS in their last 21 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 15-5-1 in their last 21 games following an ATS loss. Jacksonville is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a losing road record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 home games.

Pick

I’m going to back Eastern Kentucky here. I just don’t feel like laying points to take a shot with Jacksonville even at home here. The Dolphins are solid defensively, but more often than not for the Dolphins, the offense hasn’t been able to hold up its end of the bargain, to make those defensive efforts count. Eastern Kentucky’s been hard to back on the road in spots, but they’re the better team here and I think they get the job done.