Florida Atlantic visits Eastern Michigan following Bates' 26-point outing

Published Dec. 4, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET

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Florida Atlantic Owls (6-1) at Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-6)

Ypsilanti, Michigan; Sunday, 2:30 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eastern Michigan -9.5; over/under is 147.5

BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Michigan faces the Florida Atlantic Owls after Emoni Bates scored 26 points in Eastern Michigan's 80-68 victory over the Florida International Panthers.

The Eagles have gone 1-1 at home. Eastern Michigan ranks fourth in the MAC shooting 35.9% from downtown, led by Jalin Billingsley shooting 57.1% from 3-point range.

The Owls have gone 2-1 away from home. Florida Atlantic ranks second in C-USA shooting 37.9% from 3-point range.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bates is scoring 20.4 points per game with 6.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists for the Eagles. Noah Farrakhan is averaging 14.0 points and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 41.7% for Eastern Michigan.

Michael Forrest is scoring 13.8 points per game and averaging 2.4 rebounds for the Owls. Vladislav Goldin is averaging 11.1 points and 5.1 rebounds for Florida Atlantic.

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

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