Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Prediction, 2/6/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles

Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025

Location: Alico Arena in Fort Myers, FL

TV: ESPN+

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels (12-11) are en route to Alico Arena on Thursday where they will compete against the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (13-10).

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels faced Austin Peay and went home with a win by a final score of 88-82 in their last contest. Eastern Kentucky wrapped up the game having earned a 50.7% FG percentage (34 of 67) and buried 9 out of their 22 shots from beyond the perimeter. From the charity stripe, the Colonels knocked down 11 of their 13 attempts for a percentage of 84.6%. Pertaining to rebounding, they earned 33 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. They also recorded 15 dimes for this contest as well as forcing 4 turnovers and earning 3 steals. In the matter of defense, Eastern Kentucky allowed their opponent to shoot 49.2% from the field on 32 out of 65 shooting. Austin Peay distributed 10 assists and had 2 steals for the game. Furthermore, Austin Peay grabbed 29 rebounds (10 offensive, 19 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Austin Peay walked away from this one shooting 76.9% from the free throw line by knocking down 10 of their 13 shots. They knocked down 8 out of their 19 shots from downtown. Regarding personal fouls, the Colonels finished with 13 while Austin Peay totaled 13 personal fouls.

George Kimble III is a guy who was a factor for this game. He notched 27 points on 10 of 17 shooting. He saw the court for 32 mins and pulled down 4 rebounds. He finished shooting 58.8% from the floor and totaled 4 assists.

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Eastern Kentucky will enter this matchup with a mark of 12-11 on the campaign. They currently have an average of 77.7 pts per contest (97th in the country) while connecting on 41.5% from the floor. The Colonels are shooting 32.7% on three-point attempts (208 of 636) and 74.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Eastern Kentucky is pulling down 38.6 rebounds per game and has 292 dimes on the season, which is 237th in the country in terms of passing. They cough up possession 10.2 times per contest and as a squad are committing 16.8 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Colonels are forcing 13.5 turnovers per game and they draw 16.0 fouls. They are 263rd in D-1 in giving up assists with 315 relinquished on the campaign. The Colonels defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 45.9% (639 of 1,393) and they surrender 38.5 boards per game as a team. They are giving up 36.7% on 3-pointers and they rank 310th in college hoops in PPG allowed (76.9).

In their last game, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles got the victory with a final of 82-56 when they played Stetson. The Eagles corralled 26 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards totaling 34 for the contest. They turned the ball over 5 times, while getting 7 steals for the contest. Stetson had 5 personal fouls for this game which took the Eagles to the charity stripe for 6 tries. They were able to knock down 5 of them for a percentage of 83.3%. In the matter of 3-pointers, Florida Gulf Coast converted 11 out of their 30 tries (36.7%). At the conclusion of this game, the Eagles went 33 for 65 from the floor which had them shooting 50.8%. The Eagles permitted Stetson to make 21 of their 51 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.2% for this game. They shot 35.0% from 3-point land by shooting 7 out of 20 and finished the game at 7 out of 14 at the free throw line (50.0%). With respect to cleaning up the glass, Florida Gulf Coast permitted Stetson to pull down 24 overall (5 on the offensive glass).

Dallion Johnson was important for the Eagles in this matchup. He buried 8 out of 14 for this game for a rate of 57.1%, and totaled 2 rebounds. He racked up 22 points in his 31 mins on the court and accounted for 4 dimes in this contest.

Florida Gulf Coast has a record of 13-10 this year. On the offensive side of the court, the Eagles are connecting on 47.2% from the field, which ranks 64th in the nation. Florida Gulf Coast has scored 1,649 points on the year (71.7 per game) and they pull down 33.8 rebounds per game. Their rate of earning assists is at 14.1 times per contest (154th in college) and they cough up possession 10.8 times per contest. The Eagles have committed 14.9 fouls per game while shooting 68.3% from the charity stripe.

The Eagles on the defensive end are ranked 76th in Division 1 in points allowed per game with 68.1. They are able to force 10.1 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 41.9% from the field (95th in D-1). The Florida Gulf Coast defense allows 33.6% on 3-point shots (195 of 580) and their opposition makes 72.4% of their foul shots. They give up 12.3 assists and 32.2 boards per game, which has them ranked 114th and 54th in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Florida Gulf Coast

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