Southeast Missouri State vs Eastern Illinois Picks and Prediction – 2/16/2024

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks go back on the road Thursday with a game in Charleston, IL against the Eastern Illinois Panthers. Southeast Missouri State has struggled this season nine games below .500 following a three-point loss against Tennessee State. Offensively the Redhawks have been below average scoring just 67.7 points on 42.3% shooting. Defensively Southeast Missouri State has been bad allowing nearly 73 points per game and give up 77 in their most recent loss. For other college basketball news see our College Basketball Picks.

Rob Martin leads the way for the Redhawks offense averaging 11.4 points and 3.4 assists. Aquan Smart is scoring 9.2 points and Adam Larson chips in 8.4 points per game. Josh Earley averages 12.2 points and a team leading 4.7 rebounds.

The Eastern Illinois Panthers will be back on their home floor Thursday night three games below .500 following the 12 point loss in their last game. Offensively the Panthers have been a middle of the pack team within their conference scoring 69.3 points on 42.9% shooting from the floor. Defensively the Panthers have held their own allowing just 68.4 points per game overall.

Offensively Eastern Illinois was horrendous in their last game scoring just 57 points on 39% shooting and 14.3% from beyond the arc. The Panthers also lost the rebounding battle by 7 and turned the ball over six times in the game. Defensively the Panthers were outmatched giving up 69 points on 52.3% shooting from the floor. Kyndall Davis led the way for Eastern Illinois with 19 points on 18 shots.