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Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Ball State Cardinals
The fans at John E. Worthen Arena will be treated to a game between the Eastern Illinois Panthers and the Ball State Cardinals when they take their seats on Tuesday.
Oddsmakers opened the Cardinals as -12-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game's total opened at 139.5.
In their last action, Ball State was a 85-64 loser on the road against Redbirds. They failed to cover the +5.5-point spread as underdogs.
Eastern Illinois lost its last outing, a 71-54 result against Leathernecks on December 18. They covered in that game as a +18.5-point underdog.
Eastern Illinois:
Team record: 2-10 SU,4-7 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Eastern Illinois is 6-14 ATS in its last 20 games on the road
Eastern Illinois is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Eastern Illinois's last 5 games on the road
Ball State:
Team record: 4-6 SU,2-8 ATS
Ball State is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Ball State's last 9 games at home
Ball State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Eastern Illinois
Next up:
Eastern Illinois at Morehead State Wednesday, December 29
Ball State at Northern Illinois Tuesday, December 28