The Syracuse Orange host the Eastern Michigan Eagles in a non-conference game that will take place at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York at 7 PM ET. Eastern Michigan has won six of their first 10 games this season and they have covered the spread in three of the four games that have had a posted line. Syracuse has also won six of their first 10 games and they have failed to cover the spread in four of the five games that have had a posted line.
Eastern Michigan is coming off an 82-74 loss to Vermont in their last game, which did not have a posted line. The last two games for the Eagles have not had a posted line and in the previous two games there was and they covered twice and the total went under once and over once. On the season the Eagles have an over/under record of 3-1. Eastern Michigan had their four-game win streak snapped in their loss to Vermont in their last game.
Syracuse is coming off a 78-71 loss to Georgetown in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 7-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 149, which was over the closing line of 140.5. The Orange have failed to cover in the last four games that have had a posted line. In the last three games that have had a line the total has gone over twice. Since starting the season 4-0 Syracuse has lost four of their last six games.
Offensively, Eastern Michigan is putting up 84.8 points per game on a 47% FG average. On defense the Eagles are allowing 73.3 points per game on a 42.4% FG average.
Syracuse is putting up 75.2 points per game on a 45.6% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Orange are allowing 62.9 points per game on 36.2% shooting, which ranks 7th in the nation.
These teams met last in the 2013 season where Syracuse beat Eastern Michigan 70-48.
Eastern Michigan vs. Syracuse Betting Trends
- Eastern Michigan is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games
- The Eagles are 2-12 straight up in their last 14 road games.
- Syracuse is 10-5 straight up in their last 15 games.
- The Orange is 14-3 straight up in their last 17 home games.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Eastern Michigan and Syracuse the public is leaning to the Orange to cover the 12 point spread at 66%. The over/under bettors are evenly split on the game total of 144.
