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12/18 03:43 CST Eastern Illinois and SIU-Edwardsville square off for conference
matchup
Eastern Illinois and SIU-Edwardsville square off for conference matchup
By The Associated Press
SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (7-4) at Eastern Illinois Panthers (2-8, 0-1 OVC)
Charleston, Illinois; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -6.5; over/under is 135.5
BOTTOM LINE: Ring Malith and SIU-Edwardsville take on Kooper Jacobi and Eastern
Illinois in OVC action.
The Panthers are 2-2 in home games. Eastern Illinois allows 76.8 points to
opponents and has been outscored by 15.9 points per game.
The Cougars have gone 3-2 away from home. SIU-Edwardsville scores 78.3 points
while outscoring opponents by 12.2 points per game.
Eastern Illinois' average of 4.8 made 3-pointers per game is 3.2 fewer made
shots on average than the 8.0 per game SIU-Edwardsville gives up.
SIU-Edwardsville averages 7.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 fewer
makes per game than Eastern Illinois allows.
The Panthers and Cougars face off Thursday for the first time in conference
play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Preston Turner is shooting 41.2% from beyond the arc with 1.6
made 3-pointers per game for the Panthers, while averaging 9.2 points. Zion
Fruster is shooting 38.3% and averaging 15.7 points.
Jack Campion is averaging eight points, 4.1 assists and 1.7 steals for the
Cougars. Malith is averaging 16.3 points over the last 10 games.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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