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Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. Ball State Cardinals
The Eastern Michigan Eagles and the Ball State Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at John E. Worthen Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Cardinals as -6.5-point favorites versus the Eagles, while the game's total opened at 121.5.
Ball State was a 72-59 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Bulls. They failed to cover the +4-point spread as underdogs.
Eastern Michigan won its last outing, a 70-49 result against Golden Flashes on February 18. They covered in that game as a +2.5-point underdog.
Eastern Michigan:
Team record: 15-11 SU,13-9 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Eastern Michigan is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Eastern Michigan is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Eastern Michigan's last 6 games
Ball State:
Team record: 14-12 SU,12-13 ATS
Ball State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Ball State's last 11 games
Ball State is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Eastern Michigan
Next up:
Eastern Michigan home to Northern Illinois Tuesday, February 25
Ball State home to Western Michigan Tuesday, February 25