The top-seeded Murray State Racers (29-2, 18-0 OVC) are 7.5-point favorites to win the OVC Tournament Championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket against the No. 3 seed Morehead State Eagles (23-10, 13-5 OVC) on Saturday at Ford Center. The matchup starts at 8:30 PM.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Murray State is 16-11-1 against the spread this season compared to Morehead State’s 13-16-1 ATS record. A total of 11 out of the Racers’ 29 games this season have gone over the point total, and 14 of the Eagles’ 31 games have gone over. The teams combine to score 149.7 points per game, 21.2 more points than this matchup’s total. In the last 10 games, Murray State is 4-5-1 against the spread and 10-0 overall while Morehead State has gone 5-5-0 against the spread and 6-4 overall.
Before watching this OVC matchup, here is everything you need to know about Saturday’s college basketball action.
Morehead State at Murray State odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Murray State -7.5
- Total: 128.5
- Moneyline: Murray State -347, Morehead State +268
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Morehead State at Murray State odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Murray State 73, Morehead State 63
Moneyline
- The Racers are 24-1 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 96% of those games).
- Murray State has played in 19 games as a moneyline favorite with odds of -347 or shorter and won them all.
- The Racers have an implied moneyline win probability of 77.6% in this game.
- The Eagles have entered the game as underdogs 11 times this season and won three, or 27.3%, of those games.
- This season, Morehead State has been at least a +268 underdog on the moneyline seven times, losing each of those contests.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 27.2% chance of a victory for the Eagles.
Against the spread
- The Racers score 79.6 points per game, 16.4 more points than the 63.2 the Eagles give up.
- Murray State has a 15-7-1 record against the spread and a 26-0 record overall when putting up more than 63.2 points.
- Morehead State is 11-12-1 against the spread and 21-6 overall when allowing fewer than 79.6 points.
- The Eagles’ 70.1 points per game are 8.0 more points than the 62.1 the Racers allow to opponents.
- Morehead State is 9-13-1 against the spread and 20-6 overall when it scores more than 62.1 points.
- Murray State is 13-7-1 against the spread and 22-1 overall when it allows fewer than 70.1 points.
- The Racers have totaled 541 more points than their opponents this season (17.5 per game on average), and the Eagles have scored 225 more points than their opponents (6.9 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Racers have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Saturday’s game (68).
- So far this season, Murray State has scored more than 68 points in 23 games.
- The 72.2-point average implied total on the season for the Eagles is the same as the team’s implied total in this matchup.
- This year, Morehead State has scored more than 61 points 25 times.
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