Tennessee Tech vs Morehead State Prediction 1/30/25 College Basketball Picks

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles and the Morehead State Eagles meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Lantz Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Tennessee Tech vs. Morehead State prediction.

Tennessee Tech Recap

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles come into this game looking to build on their 89-85 win over UT-Martin last time out to improve to 10-11 on the year. After this game, Tennessee Tech will head on the road to take on Southern Indiana.

Golden Eagles Looking To Build Momentum

Rodney Johnson Jr. has 14.6 PPG with 5.7 RPG in 14 games played so far this season while Jaylon Johnson has 12.5 PPG with 4.1 RPG and a team-high 4.9 APG to lead Tennessee Tech in the assist department this season in addition to 1.7 SPG this season. Daniel Egbuniwe has 11.3 PPG with a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Golden Eagles on the glass and to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for Tennessee Tech so far this season. Kyle Layton also chipped in 9.1 PPG with 2.5 RPG and 2.2 APG while Ray Glasgow has 8.6 PPG with 3.4 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Tennessee Tech is averaging 72.3 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three, and 69.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles will win

• The road team has won three of Tennessee Tech’s last four games.

Morehead State Recap

The Morehead State Eagles come into this game looking to build on a 66-65 win over Southern Indiana last time out to improve to 14-8 on the year. After this game, Morehead State will meet Southeast Missouri and Little Rock.

Eagles Win 6 Of the Last 7 & 8 Of the Last 10

Kenny White Jr. leads the Eagles across the board with 13.8 PPG along with a team-high 6.5 RPG and 2.4 APG while Jerone Morton has 12.2 PPG with 3.8 RPG and 3.2 APG in 9 games played so far as the only other double-digit scorer for Morehead State up to this point in the year. Tyler Brelsford has 8.4 PPG with 3.6 RPG while Anouar Mellouk has 7.2 PPG with 4.4 RPG up to this point in the year. Dieonte Miles also has 6.5 PPG with 5.5 RPG as well this season. As a team, Morehead State is averaging 69.3 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field, 32.1% from three, and 65.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Morehead State Eagles will win

• Morehead State has won each of its last 11 games at Ellis T Johnson Arena.
• Tennessee Tech has lost each of its last 10 games at Ellis T Johnson Arena.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Tennessee Tech’s last four games against Conference opponents has produced a total of 147+ points.
• Five of Morehead State’s last six night games against non-AP-ranked opponents at Ellis T Johnson Arena have produced a total of 137 or fewer points.

Tennessee Tech vs. Morehead State Prediction

I’m on the Golden Eagles here. There’s just not enough here to where I want to lay this many points with Morehead State when the Eagles have kind of been skating by the skin of their teeth in a lot of these conference games. I’d argue that Tennessee Tech is the better offensive unit here by a fair margin, and defensively, Morehead State’s better but not by enough to warrant laying this number. The Eagles are also the worst free-throw shooting team in OVC play and when I back a team, I want someone that’s going to hit their free throws and not leave points at the foul line that could be important late. Give me Tennessee Tech and the points here.