Eastern Kentucky vs. Bellarmine Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Feb. 21
21 February 2026

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels (10-18, 6-9 ASUN) hit the court against the Bellarmine Knights (11-16, 6-9 ASUN) as only 1.5-point favorites on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The matchup has an over/under of 154.5 points.
Eastern Kentucky heads into this game following an 81-80 win over West Georgia in overtime on Wednesday. In the victory, Montavious Myrick led Eastern Kentucky with 19 points. Bellarmine is coming off of a 75-72 loss to Lipscomb in its last outing on Wednesday. Jack Karasinski recorded 23 points, seven rebounds and one assist for Bellarmine.
Eastern Kentucky vs. Bellarmine Odds and Game Time
- When: Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET
- Where: Knights Hall in Louisville, Kentucky
- Spread favorite: Eastern Kentucky -1.5
- Moneyline favorite: Eastern Kentucky -134
- Moneyline underdog: Bellarmine +109
- Over/Under: 154.5 points
How to watch Eastern Kentucky vs. Bellarmine
- TV Channel: ESPN+
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Betting the Over/Under: Eastern Kentucky vs. Bellarmine
- Eastern Kentucky and its opponents have combined to hit the over on Saturday's over/under of 154.5 points 16 times this season.
- This season, 15 of Bellarmine's games have finished with a combined score higher than 154.5 points.
- Together, the two teams combine for 159.1 points per game, 4.6 points more than the total of 154.5 for this contest.
- This matchup's point total is 7.1 fewer points than the 161.6 these two teams combine to give up per game in 2024.
- On average, Eastern Kentucky has had a 160.7-point over/under in its games this season, 6.2 more points than the over/under in this contest.
- Bellarmine's games have an average over/under of 160.0 points this season, 5.5 more points than the over/under for this game.
Betting the Spread: Eastern Kentucky vs. Bellarmine
- Eastern Kentucky is 10-16-0 against the spread this year.
- The Colonels are 6-5 ATS when favored by 1.5 points or more this season.
- In Bellarmine's 25 games this year, it has 17 wins against the spread.
- The Knights have an against the spread record of 14-5 in their 19 games as an underdog of 1.5 points or more this season.
- At home this season, Bellarmine is 8-2 against the spread and 6-4 overall.
- At home, Bellarmine has two wins ATS (2-1) as a 1.5-point underdog or greater.
- In away games, Eastern Kentucky is 2-13 overall and 5-10 against the spread.
- Eastern Kentucky has one win ATS (1-3) as 1.5-point favorites or more away from home.
Betting the Moneyline: Eastern Kentucky vs. Bellarmine
- This season, Eastern Kentucky has won seven out of the 11 games, or 63.6%, in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
- The Colonels have entered eight games this season favored by -134 or more and are 5-3 in those contests.
- Eastern Kentucky has a 57.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Bellarmine has come away with five wins in the 18 contests it has been listed as the moneyline underdog this season.
- This season, the Knights have come away with a win four times in 17 chances when named as an underdog of at least +109 or longer on the moneyline.
- Bellarmine has an implied victory probability of 47.8% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
Dunkel Index Prediction for Eastern Kentucky vs. Bellarmine
- Pick ATS: Eastern Kentucky (- 1.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (154.5)
- Prediction: Eastern Kentucky 82 - Bellarmine 79
