Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars vs Morehead State Eagles 01/09/2020 Previews, Spread and Predictions

Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars vs Morehead State Eagles 01/09/2020 – Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars will take the road in this game to square-off against Morehead State Eagles from Ellis T Johnson Arena in Morehead, Kentucky. The Cougars are currently holding one of the worst overall records this season and they are struggling to make ends meet in the Ohio Valley. As for the Eagles, things are not going as predicted, but they are in a better position than Southern Illinois. It’s time to jump into the college basketball odds of this game as these two teams clash in an interesting conference play.

Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars vs Morehead State Eagles 01/09/2020

Team	SP/RL	TOTAL	ML
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville	+10 (-110)	146.5 o (-110)	+293
Morehead State	-10 (-110)	146.5 u (-110)	-363

PREVIEW: @MSUEaglesMBB will look to make it two straight wins when they face SIUE at home Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.

Morehead residents can get a bleacher seat for just $6 to the doubleheader just by presenting their ID.

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Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars

The Cougars need to work on their shooting game if they want to get better this season. Most of all, they equally need to improve on their defense strategy. They are currently at the last spot in Eastern Kentucky in the Ohio Valley Conference play. In their last outing, the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars lost against Tennessee State when they were forced to settle with a final score of 79-74. However, they managed to defeat Belmont before Tennessee State with a final score of 79-69.

Players to watch: Z. Moore G (15 GP 27.4 MIN 13.3 PTS 3.6 REB 1.9 AST 0.7 STL 0.1 BLK 1.9 TO 51.4 FG% 75.8 FT% 40.7 3P %), C. Williams G (14 GP 24.6 MIN 10 PTS 2.9 REB 2.5 AST 1.1 STL 0.3 BLK 1.9 TO 44.6 FG% 64.3 FT% 28.6 3P%), T. Williford G (15 GP 25.9 MIN 8.9 PTS 3.3 REB 3.9 AST 1.7 STL 0.1 BLK 2.4 TO 38.5 FG% 65 FT% 21.9 3P%.

Morehead State Eagles

Morehead State Eagles are holding an overall record of 7-8 this season and they are 1-1 in conference play. The Eagles will look forward to this opportunity to get past Southern Illinois. In their last outing, Morehead defeated Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles with a final score of 83-71. The Eagles lost against JSU in their previous game but defeated Alice Lloyd with a score of 102-46. Overall, Morehead is struggling to play against teams with a winning record.

Players to watch: J. Walker G (15 GP 32.5 MIN 12.9 PTS 3.5 REB 2.8 AST 1.1 STL 0.3 BLK 2.3 TO 37.9 FG% 75 FT% 27.8 3P %), D. Henson G (15 GP 23.7 MIN 10.9 PTS 3.5 REB 1.2 AST 0.5 STL 0.4 BLK 0.9 TO 47 FG% 72.1 FT% 39.3 3P%), J. Thomas G (15 GP 31.2 MIN 9.3 PTS 5.9 REB 4.3 AST 2.5 STL 0.1 BLK 1.7 TO 48.1 FG% 45.2 FT% 7.7 3P%).

Trends

Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars

The total has gone OVER in 6 of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville’s last 9 games.
Cougars are 2-9 SU in their last 11 games.
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games against Morehead State.
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville is 2-7 SU in their last 9 games against Morehead State.
Cougars are 1-7 SU in their last 8 games on the road.

Morehead State Eagles

Eagles are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Morehead State’s last 5 games.
Morehead State is 3-8 SU in their last 11 games.
Eagles are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games at home.
Morehead State is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.