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Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Belmont Bruins
The Eastern Illinois Panthers and the Belmont Bruins will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Curb Event Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Bruins as -12.5-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game's total opened at 150.5.
Belmont lost its last outing, a 79-69 result against Cougars on January 02. They failed to cover in that game as a -23-point favorite.
Eastern Illinois was a 84-79 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Tigers. They failed to cover the +3-point spread as underdogs.
Eastern Illinois:
Team record: 7-6 SU,6-6 ATS
Eastern Illinois is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Eastern Illinois's last 7 games
Eastern Illinois is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Belmont:
Team record: 9-5 SU,6-7 ATS
Belmont is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games
Belmont is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games at home
Belmont is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Eastern Illinois
Next up:
Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky Thursday, January 9
Belmont at Southeast Missouri State Thursday, January 9