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Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (8-21, 3-13 OVC) at Morehead State Eagles (21-8, 12-4 OVC)
Morehead, Kentucky; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -18.5; over/under is 140
BOTTOM LINE: Morehead State hosts the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks after Riley Minix scored 30 points in Morehead State’s 78-57 victory over the Western Illinois Leathernecks.
The Eagles have gone 12-1 at home. Morehead State is second in the OVC with 10.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Minix averaging 2.9.
The Redhawks are 3-13 against OVC opponents.
Morehead State averages 9.2 made 3-pointers per game, 4.1 more made shots than the 5.1 per game Southeast Missouri State allows. Southeast Missouri State averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 more makes per game than Morehead State gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kalil Thomas is shooting 40.6% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging 11.8 points. Minix is shooting 60.1% and averaging 24.7 points over the past 10 games for Morehead State.
LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 7-3, averaging 72.9 points, 35.5 rebounds, 13.7 assists, 5.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.8 points per game.
Redhawks: 1-9, averaging 65.6 points, 29.5 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 5.8 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 41.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.