Montana State visits Eastern Washington following Jones’ 30-point outing
Montana State Bobcats (13-16, 8-8 Big Sky) at Eastern Washington Eagles (19-10, 13-3 Big Sky)
Cheney, Washington; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -11; over/under is 155
BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington takes on the Montana State Bobcats after Casey Jones scored 30 points in Eastern Washington’s 89-79 win against the Montana Grizzlies.
The Eagles are 10-1 in home games. Eastern Washington has a 2-0 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Bobcats are 8-8 against Big Sky opponents. Montana State has a 5-6 record in games decided by at least 10 points.
Eastern Washington makes 49.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.4 percentage points higher than Montana State has allowed to its opponents (46.4%). Montana State averages 73.2 points per game, 0.6 fewer than the 73.8 Eastern Washington gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ellis Magnuson is averaging 2.9 points and 4.6 assists for the Eagles. Cedric Coward is averaging 17.3 points over the last 10 games for Eastern Washington.
Robert Ford III is averaging 15.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.8 steals for the Bobcats. Tyler Patterson is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Montana State.
LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 7-3, averaging 81.7 points, 35.5 rebounds, 16.5 assists, 5.5 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 50.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.6 points per game.
Bobcats: 4-6, averaging 71.3 points, 30.5 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 8.8 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.