The Eastern Michigan Eagles and the Michigan Wolverines meet in college basketball action from the Crisler Center on Saturday afternoon. A pair of five-win teams meet in this one on Saturday with a massive spread, who covers the number? Let’s dive in and find out with an Eastern Michigan vs. Michigan Prediction.

Eastern Michigan Team Preview

The Eastern Michigan Eagles come into this one looking to bounce back from a 77-63 loss to Oakland last time out. Tyson Acuff leads the Eagles in scoring with 22.2 PPG along with 3.3 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for Eastern Michigan so far this season. Yusuf Jihad and Arne Osojnik each have 9.2 PPG while Julius Ellerbe has team-high averages of 5.1 RPG and 3.5 APG this season to lead the Eagles on the glass and in the assist department. As a team, Eastern Michigan is averaging 66.9 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 35.9% from three and 66.7% from the foul line this season.

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Michigan Team Preview

The Michigan Wolverines will be looking to build on their 90-80 win over Iowa in their last matchup. Dug McDaniel leads the Wolverines in scoring and assists with 18.6 PPG along with 5.1 APG while Olivier Nkamhoua has 16.5 PPG with a team-high 7.1 RPG and 2.7 APG to lead the Wolverines on the glass this season. Terrance Williams II has 11 PPG with 4.5 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Michigan up to this point in the year. Nimari Burnett and Will Tschetter each have 9+ PPG for the Wolverines as well this season. As a team, Michigan is averaging 82.1 PPG on 49.3% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three and 69.4% from the foul line this season.

Eastern Michigan vs. Michigan Prediction

I’m backing Michigan here. Have the Wolverines been pretty in their recent games? No, but it’s worth nothing that they’ve been running a gauntlet of stout opposition in recent weeks. Eastern Michigan has a pair of true road wins, but beating Detroit Mercy and Central Arkansas doesn’t really move the needle for me. We saw EMU against Butler and FAU on the road earlier this season and the Eagles lost those games by 39 and 43 points respectively. I’ll side with the Wolverines to keep the road back going here.