Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. South Carolina State Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Feb. 4
04 February 2026

The Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (8-15, 4-2 MEAC) visit the South Carolina State Bulldogs (5-16, 3-2 MEAC) at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. The Hawks are 3.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup's over/under is set at 134.5.
Maryland-Eastern Shore is coming off of a 65-63 loss to North Carolina Central in its most recent game on Monday. In the loss, Zion Obanla paced Maryland-Eastern Shore with 19 points. South Carolina State is coming off of a 70-64 victory against Delaware State in its most recent outing on Monday. Obie Bronston Jr. scored 15 points in South Carolina State's victory, leading the team.
Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. South Carolina State Odds and Game Time
- When: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET
- Where: Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Spread favorite: Maryland-Eastern Shore -3.5
- Moneyline favorite: Maryland-Eastern Shore -176
- Moneyline underdog: South Carolina State +146
- Over/Under: 134.5 points
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Betting the Over/Under: Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. South Carolina State
- This season, Maryland-Eastern Shore's games have seen a combined score higher than this matchup's 134.5-point over/under 10 times.
- A total of 16 of South Carolina State's games have finished with a combined score higher than 134.5 points this season.
- The Hawks average 64.2 points per game against the Bulldogs' 65.9, totaling 4.4 points under the game's total of 134.5.
- The 152.7 points per game these two teams allow to opponents on average this season are 18.2 more than the 134.5 total in this contest.
- Maryland-Eastern Shore has a 135.0 average over/under in its games this season, 0.5 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
- A difference of 13.3 points separates the average over/under in South Carolina State's games (147.8 points) and this contest's over/under (134.5).
Betting the Spread: Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. South Carolina State
- Maryland-Eastern Shore has played 21 games, with 13 wins against the spread.
- The Hawks have been favored by 3.5 points or more two times this season and covered the spread in one of them.
- South Carolina State has played 19 games, with eight wins against the spread.
- The Bulldogs are 6-10 ATS when underdogs by 3.5 points or more this year.
- South Carolina State is 2-3 overall, and 3-2 against the spread, at home.
- In away games, Maryland-Eastern Shore is 10-6 against the spread, and 2-14 overall.
Betting the Moneyline: Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. South Carolina State
- This season, Maryland-Eastern Shore has won two out of the three games in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
- The Hawks have played as a favorite of -176 or more twice this season and won both games.
- The implied probability of a win from Maryland-Eastern Shore, based on the moneyline, is 63.8%.
- South Carolina State has been chosen as moneyline underdogs in 17 games this year and has walked away with the win one time (5.9%) in those games.
- The Bulldogs have a mark of 1-15 in contests where oddsmakers give them odds of +146 or worse on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies South Carolina State has a 40.7% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
