How to watch Austin Peay vs. Eastern Kentucky basketball game
Who’s Playing
Eastern Kentucky Colonels @ Austin Peay Governors
Current Records: Eastern Kentucky 8-9, Austin Peay 6-11
How To Watch
- When: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
- Where: F&M Bank Arena — Clarksville, Tennessee
- TV: ESPN Plus
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $24.00
What to Know
Eastern Kentucky and Austin Peay are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. Both will face off in an Atlantic Sun battle at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday at F&M Bank Arena. The Governors have the home-court advantage, but the Colonels are expected to win by three points.
The experts predicted Eastern Kentucky would be headed in after a victory, but Jacksonville made sure that didn’t happen. Eastern Kentucky took an 82-75 hit to the loss column at the hands of Jacksonville on Saturday.
Even though they lost, Eastern Kentucky smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they’ve now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in ten consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Austin Peay’s recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their third straight loss. They took a 67-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of Queens.
Eastern Kentucky now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Austin Peay, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Thursday’s matchup is shaping up to be a scrappy match: Eastern Kentucky has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 38.6 rebounds per game. It’s a different story for Austin Peay, though, as they’ve been averaging only 32.5. Given Eastern Kentucky’s sizable advantage in that area, Austin Peay will need to find a way to close that gap.
Eastern Kentucky came up short against Austin Peay in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 83-79. Can Eastern Kentucky avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll find out soon enough.
Odds
Eastern Kentucky is a 3-point favorite against Austin Peay, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 3-point spread, and stayed right there.
The over/under is 141 points.
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Series History
Austin Peay and Eastern Kentucky both have 5 wins in their last 10 games.
- Feb 28, 2024 – Austin Peay 83 vs. Eastern Kentucky 79
- Jan 06, 2024 – Eastern Kentucky 69 vs. Austin Peay 59
- Jan 21, 2023 – Eastern Kentucky 74 vs. Austin Peay 59
- Mar 04, 2021 – Eastern Kentucky 70 vs. Austin Peay 67
- Feb 04, 2021 – Austin Peay 94 vs. Eastern Kentucky 79
- Jan 02, 2021 – Eastern Kentucky 80 vs. Austin Peay 75
- Feb 15, 2020 – Austin Peay 93 vs. Eastern Kentucky 85
- Feb 28, 2019 – Eastern Kentucky 82 vs. Austin Peay 80
- Jan 03, 2019 – Austin Peay 93 vs. Eastern Kentucky 75
- Jan 25, 2018 – Austin Peay 90 vs. Eastern Kentucky 84
