Brooks and Washington host Eastern Washington

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Eastern Washington Eagles (4-6) at Washington Huskies (7-3)

Seattle; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -14.5; over/under is 158.5

BOTTOM LINE: Washington faces the Eastern Washington Eagles after Keion Brooks Jr. scored 22 points in Washington’s 100-99 overtime victory against the Seattle U Redhawks.

The Huskies are 5-1 in home games. Washington is fifth in the Pac-12 with 9.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Franck Kepnang averaging 2.1.

The Eagles are 2-6 on the road. Eastern Washington is seventh in the Big Sky giving up 74.5 points while holding opponents to 43.4% shooting.

Washington’s average of 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.2 fewer made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Eastern Washington allows. Eastern Washington averages 9.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.1 more made shots on average than the 6.9 per game Washington allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brooks is scoring 20.1 points per game with 8.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists for the Huskies. Sahvir Wheeler is averaging 16.4 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 46.2% for Washington.

Jake Kyman averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, scoring 11.3 points while shooting 43.1% from beyond the arc. Cedric Coward is averaging 12.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals for Eastern Washington.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.