Kent State vs Eastern Michigan Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/17/23
Eastern Michigan Eagles (6-19) vs. Kent State Golden Flashes (21-5)
February 17, 2023 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Kent State Golden Flashes -17 / Eastern Michigan Eagles +17; Over/Under: +147
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The Eastern Michigan Eagles and Kent State Golden Flashes meet Friday in college basketball action at the M.A.C. Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Eastern Michigan Eagles Betting Preview
The Eastern Michigan Eagles are averaging 73.5 points on 44.3 percent shooting and allowing 81.7 points on 48.4 percent shooting. Emoni Bates is averaging 20.2 points and 5.6 rebounds, while Tyson Acuff is averaging 14.7 points and 2.8 rebounds. Noah Farrakhan is the third double-digit scorer and Jalin Billingsley is grabbing 2.5 rebounds. The Eastern Michigan Eagles are shooting 32.6 percent from beyond the arc and 76.5 percent from the free throw line. The Eastern Michigan Eagles are allowing 34.3 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 27.9 rebounds per game.
The Kent State Golden Flashes Betting Preview
The Kent State Golden Flashes are averaging 75.2 points on 44.6 percent shooting and allowing 63.9 points on 39.8 percent shooting. Sincere Carry is averaging 16.3 points and 3.5 rebounds, while Malique Jacobs is averaging 12 points and 5 rebounds. Miryne Thomas is the third double-digit scorer and Jalen Sullinger is grabbing 1.3 rebounds. The Kent State Golden Flashes are shooting 33.3 percent from beyond the arc and 71.9 percent from the free throw line. The Kent State Golden Flashes are allowing 32 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.3 rebounds per game.
Eastern Michigan vs Kent State Trends
The Eagles are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Golden Flashes are 16-5-1 ATS in their last 22 home games and 28-11-1 ATS in their last 40 games overall. The over is 6-2-1 in Golden Flashes last 9 home games. The home team is 11-5 ATS in the last 16 meetings. The favorite is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
Randy’s Free Pick
The Eastern Michigan Eagles are a bad team that’s not playing better lately and loses on the road by an average of 7.5 points. The Kent State Golden Flashes are 7-3 ATS at home, where they win by an average of 19.6 points and allow 38.5 percent shooting from the field. A lot of points, but Eastern Michigan is awful. I’ll lay the chalk.
