Eastern Michigan vs Illinois St. Prediction & Best Bets

Game outlook

Eastern Michigan is on the road playing Illinois St. at the Redbird Arena stadium on Wednesday, 12/7/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. Illinois St. -6 was the opening favorite and current line is Illinois St. -6.5.

On Wednesday night, the Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-7, 3-5 ATS, 5-3 O/U) travel to the Illinois State Redbirds (3-6, 2-6, 5-3 O/U) ATS. On Sunday, the Eagles defeated FAU at home. Against Belmont, the Redbirds won at home.

The Eastern Michigan Eagles suffered their second-worst loss of the season

The Eastern Michigan Eagles are looking for their third win of the season. After defeating FIU 80-68 last week, the Eagles lost a home decision to Florida Atlantic 101-73 on Sunday in a matchup that had them pegged as 9.5-point favorites. Eastern Michigan has struggled defensively but has suffered a few narrow defeats. Michigan only lost 88-83. One of their last five games has been covered.

According to Ken Pomeroy's college basketball ratings, the Eagles are ranked 308th in Division I and are 1-2 on the road, including an overtime loss to Oakland. Though Eastern Michigan struggled offensively in Sunday's loss, its offense has been its top strength, averaging 75.4 points per game, which is 133rd. With an average of 82.8 points conceded per game, they rank 358th.

Illinois State University finally ended its slide

It is great to be in the win column for the Illinois State Redbirds. On Sunday, they defeated Belmont 87-77 at home to snap a five-game losing streak. Despite a challenging schedule lately, the Redbirds are struggling to generate points in most games. In the past few weeks, they've lost to LSU and Rhode Island. Eastern Illinois was their only other win. In two of their last three matches, they have covered.