5:03 pm
January 27

Eastern Kentucky @ Florida Gulf Coast

Who will WIN this matchup?

Eastern Kentucky Colonels (10-10)

@ Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (12-8)

 

Current odds:

Eastern Kentucky Colonels: (+145)

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles: (-165)

 

• The line for this game is Eagles by 3.5 points.

• Eastern Kentucky enters the game having won two straight games against Lipscomb (86-72) and North Florida (67-58) after losing four consecutive to start league play.

• Four Colonels are averaging double digits on the year led by Devnotae Blanton and Jannson Williams at 11.33 and 11.2 points per game, respectively. Cooper Robb and Braxton Beverly are each averaging 10.1 points, while Michael Moreno and Jomaru Brown are just behind at 9.3 per night.

•  Florida Gulf Coast is 12-8 overall and 2-4 in ASUN Conference play.  The Eagles are 1-4 in their last five games.

•  FGCU fell at Jacksonville State, 79-71, on Saturday.  Tavian Dunn-Martin scored 17 points and handed out eight assists, while Kevin Samuel finished with 16 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks.  The Eagles shot 48 percent from the field and 41 percent from long range.

• Dunn-Martin was chosen as the ASUN Newcomer of the Week on Monday and has been selected as the conference player of the week twice this season.  The 5-foot-8 guard leads the team in scoring (19.6 ppg) and assists (5.9 apg).  He leads the ASUN in assists and is second in scoring.  The transfer from Duquesne has shot 40 percent from the field and attempted 114 more shots than anyone else on the team.  Dunn-Martin is 87-for-100 at the free throw stripe.

• Samuel, a 6-foot-11 center who transferred from TCU, is the team’s top rebounder (9.6 rpg) and second leading scorer (11.1 ppg).  He has made 66 percent of his shots from the field, but is 21-for-65 at the foul line (32 percent).  He also leads the squad in blocks (3.0 bpg).  Samuel leads the league in rebounding, field goal percentage and blocks.

• As a team, FGCU averages 77 points per game and allows 73 per contest.  The Eagles have combined to hit 45 percent from the field and 36 percent from behind the 3-point line.

• Florida Gulf Coast has attempted 592 three-pointers, which is second-most in the ASUN behind Eastern Kentucky.  FGCU averages 10.6 made treys per game.

5/10
Confidence
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Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
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