The Jackson State Tigers (0-4) will try to stop a four-game road losing streak when they take on the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (2-2) on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at E. A. Diddle Arena. The game airs at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN+. In this article, we investigate the Western Kentucky vs. Jackson State odds and lines around this matchup.
No line is set yet for the Hilltoppers vs. Tigers game.
Western Kentucky won 19 games against the spread last season, while failing to cover 12 times. Jackson State compiled a 14-18-0 record against the spread last year.
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Western Kentucky vs. Jackson State prediction
Western Kentucky 80, Jackson State 71
Against the spread
- Western Kentucky covered 19 times in 31 chances against the spread last season.
- Jackson State went 14-18-0 ATS last year.
- Last year, the Hilltoppers put up 80.2 points per game, only 4.6 more points than the 75.6 the Tigers allowed.
- Western Kentucky went 10-6 against the spread and 13-6 overall last season when scoring more than 75.6 points.
- Jackson State went 11-10 against the spread and 14-7 overall last season when giving up fewer than 80.2 points.
- The Tigers scored just 3.2 fewer points per game last year (71.2) than the Hilltoppers allowed their opponents to score (74.4).
- When it scored more than 74.4 points last season, Jackson State went 10-3 against the spread and 9-4 overall.
- Western Kentucky had an ATS record of 9-2 and an 11-1 record overall last season when its opponents scored fewer than 71.2 points.
- The Hilltoppers outscored their opponents by a total of 197 points last season (5.8 points per game on average), and opponents of the Tigers outscored them by 139 more points on the year (4.4 per game).