Bowling Green vs. Eastern Michigan Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 17

The Bowling Green Falcons (11-6, 2-3 MAC) face the Eastern Michigan Eagles (9-9, 3-3 MAC) as 8.5-point favorites on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The matchup has a point total of 142.5.

Bowling Green enters this contest following a 77-67 loss to Akron on Friday. Mayar Wol's team-high 32 points paced Bowling Green in the loss. Eastern Michigan heads into this contest on the heels of a 77-59 victory over Northern Illinois on Tuesday. Addison Patterson totaled 20 points, five rebounds and two assists for Eastern Michigan.

Bowling Green vs. Eastern Michigan Odds and Game Time

• When: Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 1 p.m. ET
• Where: Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio
• Spread favorite: Bowling Green -8.5
• Moneyline favorite: Bowling Green -541
• Moneyline underdog: Eastern Michigan +405
• Over/Under: 142.5 points

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• TV Channel: ESPN+
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Betting the Over/Under: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Michigan

• This season, Bowling Green and its opponents have combined to outscore Saturday's over/under of 142.5 points nine times.
• In Eastern Michigan's 17 games this season, seven finished with more combined points than Saturday's over/under of 142.5.
• Together, the two teams combine for 159.5 points per game, 17.0 points more than the over/under of 142.5 for this matchup.
• The 141.6 points per game these two teams allow their opponents to score combined this season are 0.9 less than the 142.5-point total in this contest.
• Bowling Green has a 158.8 average over/under in its games this season, 16.3 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
• The over/under for this contest is 0.2 points more than the average over/under in Eastern Michigan's games this season (142.3 points).

Betting the Spread: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Michigan

• Bowling Green has played 14 games, with six wins against the spread.
• The Falcons have been favored by 8.5 points or more four times this season and have covered the spread in two of them.
• Against the spread, Eastern Michigan is 12-5-0 this year.
• The Eagles are 4-2 ATS when underdogs by 8.5 points or more this year.
• Bowling Green has covered the spread twice at home, and is 3-4 overall there, this year.
• At home, Bowling Green has one win ATS (1-2) as a 8.5-point favorite or greater.
• Eastern Michigan is 6-4 against the spread, and 3-7 overall, on the road.

Betting the Moneyline: Bowling Green vs. Eastern Michigan

• This season, Bowling Green has been moneyline favorites nine times and won seven of those games.
• The Falcons have entered three games this season favored by -541 or more, and won each of those games.
• The sportsbooks' moneyline implies a 84.4% chance of a victory for Bowling Green.
• Eastern Michigan has been victorious in five, or 41.7%, of the 12 contests it has been chosen as a moneyline underdog in this season.
• This year, the Eagles have won one of five games when listed as at least +405 or worse on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Eastern Michigan has a 19.8% chance of pulling out a win.