Eastern Kentucky vs Chicago State Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/19/24

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Chicago State Cougars meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the Jones Convocation Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Eastern Kentucky vs. Chicago State prediction.

Eastern Kentucky Recap

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels come into this one looking to rebound from a 75-62 loss at the hands of Clemson last time out to fall to 2-1 on the year. After this game, Eastern Kentucky will take on Ball State, Southern Illinois, LA Tech, and Troy.

Colonels Looking For Bounce Back

Devontae Blanton leads EKU in scoring and assists with 17 PPG and 3.7 APG along with 5.7 RPG and 2.3 SPG while George Kimble III has 13 PPG and 3.7 APG as well. Jordan Crawford has 11.3 PPG and Mayar Wol has 10 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Eastern Kentucky up to this point in the year. As a team, Eastern Kentucky is averaging 80.7 PPG on 45% shooting from the field, 29.7% from three, and 63.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Eastern Kentucky Colonels will win

• Chicago State has lost each of its last 10 Tuesday games against non-Conference opponents.
• Eastern Kentucky has won three of its last four games against non-Conference opponents.

Chicago State Recap

The Chicago State Cougars come into this one looking to bounce back after an 82-37 loss at the hands of San Francisco in their last game. After this game, Chicago State will head back on the road for a date with Indiana State.

Cougars Looking To Snag First Win

Jalen Forrest leads the Cougars in scoring and rebounding with 9.8 PPG and 4.8 RPG while Saxby Sunderland has 8.8 PPG with a team-high 2 APG to lead the Cougars in assists so far this season. Gabe Spinelli also has 8.8 PPG with 3 RPG and Cameron Jernigan has 6 PPG and 4 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Chicago State is averaging 56.8 PPG on 31.8% shooting from the field, 27% from three, and 69% from the foul line this season.

Why the Chicago State Cougars will win

• Eastern Kentucky has lost eight of its last nine road night games against non-Conference opponents.
• Chicago State has won five of its last six games at Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center.

Eastern Kentucky vs. Chicago State Prediction

I’m on EKU here. Chicago State flat-out stinks as the offense is non-existent and the defense hasn’t been very good either. I get that Chicago State’s faced a fairly tough schedule up to this point, but Eastern Kentucky upset East Tennessee State on the road earlier this year as a double-digit dog and gave Clemson all they could handle as well. I think that EKU is going to battle a lot of teams tough this year and this game against Chicago State should be no sweat. Give me the Colonels.