AUSTIN PEAY -4 AT EASTERN ILLINOIS
What we have here is a case of a vetern very good defenseive team against a young team that doesn't play defense. E. ILL. scores 69.3ppg while giving up 74.9ppg. AUSTIN PEAY scores 64.1ppg and gives up 62.5ppg. AUSTIN PEAY also has the best shot blocker in the OVC to control the middle in center JOSH LEWIS.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE -4 (bought the hook) vs TENN. TECH.
They won't shoot 30.8% this game. They spent half of practice yesterday on thier motion offense setting and coming off of HARD SCREENS. This now has become a must win game. What teams work for in the OVC is to finish the reglar season in the top 4 so they can hoast a first round tourney game. That's hard to do if you end up with more than 3 home losses and they now have one.
I also lean toward MURRAY STATE -9 at E. KENTUCKY but I can't make myself pull the trigger until I see another game or two from E. KENTUCKY. More on MURRAY STATE later in the year.
What we have here is a case of a vetern very good defenseive team against a young team that doesn't play defense. E. ILL. scores 69.3ppg while giving up 74.9ppg. AUSTIN PEAY scores 64.1ppg and gives up 62.5ppg. AUSTIN PEAY also has the best shot blocker in the OVC to control the middle in center JOSH LEWIS.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE -4 (bought the hook) vs TENN. TECH.
They won't shoot 30.8% this game. They spent half of practice yesterday on thier motion offense setting and coming off of HARD SCREENS. This now has become a must win game. What teams work for in the OVC is to finish the reglar season in the top 4 so they can hoast a first round tourney game. That's hard to do if you end up with more than 3 home losses and they now have one.
I also lean toward MURRAY STATE -9 at E. KENTUCKY but I can't make myself pull the trigger until I see another game or two from E. KENTUCKY. More on MURRAY STATE later in the year.
