Eastern Illinois Panthers (3-7) at Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (4-6)
Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Redhawks -5.5; over/under is 139
BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Illinois takes on Southeast Missouri State after Nakyel Shelton scored 22 points in Eastern Illinois' 81-66 loss to the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.
The Redhawks have gone 3-1 in home games. Southeast Missouri State averages 73.8 points while outscoring opponents by 2.9 points per game.
The Panthers have gone 0-7 away from home. Eastern Illinois averages 11.7 turnovers per game and is 2-3 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.
Southeast Missouri State averages 73.8 points per game, 2.1 fewer points than the 75.9 Eastern Illinois allows. Eastern Illinois has shot at a 41.9% clip from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points above the 40.7% shooting opponents of Southeast Missouri State have averaged.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tedrick Washington Jr. is shooting 41.3% and averaging 15.9 points for the Redhawks.
Shelton is averaging 18.2 points and 1.5 steals for the Panthers.
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.