Coastal Carolina vs. Western Illinois betting: College basketball preview for Nov. 21

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The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (2-2) square off against the Western Illinois Leathernecks (1-4) as 3.5-point favorites on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The point total is 138.5 for the matchup.

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Coastal Carolina Cover -3.5 vs Western Illinois -110

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Coastal Carolina vs. Western Illinois betting lines

  • Coastal Carolina moneyline odds to win: -172
  • Western Illinois moneyline odds to win: +143
  • Spread: Coastal Carolina (-3.5)
  • Total: 138.5

Coastal Carolina statistics, trends and more

As the away team

  • Coastal Carolina covered the spread in a lower percentage of its home games than road games last year. Coastal Carolina covered four times in 12 games when playing at home, and it covered eight times in 16 games on the road.
  • The Chanticleers eclipsed the over/under less consistently when playing at home last season, hitting the over in six of 12 home matchups (50%). In away games, they hit the over in nine of 16 games (56.2%).
  • Coastal Carolina won a higher percentage of its matchups as a moneyline favorite when playing at home last year, going 3-2 (.600). When playing away from home as a moneyline favorite, it had a record of 0-1 (.000).

Last season stats

  • The Chanticleers were the 25th-worst team in the country in points scored (66.8 per game) and 148th in points conceded (71.1) last season.
  • On the glass, Coastal Carolina was 105th in college basketball in rebounds (33.2 per game) last year. It was 202nd in rebounds allowed (31.5 per game).
  • At 11.5 assists per game last season, the Chanticleers were 319th in the country.

Coastal Carolina betting records last season

  • ATS Record: 14-16-0 (Home: 4-8-0; Away: 8-8-0)
  • ATS Record When Favored by 3.5+: 2-1-0 (As Favorite: 3-4-0; As Underdog: 11-12-0)
  • O-U-P: 15-15-0 (Home: 6-6-0; Away: 9-7-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 4-3 (Home: 3-2; Away: 0-1)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 4-19 (Home: 1-6; Away: 3-12)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
42.8 (282nd in nation) 42.2 (82nd) 33.2 (105th) 31.5 (202nd) 11.5 (319th) 10.5 (120th)

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Western Illinois statistics, trends and more

As the home team

  • Western Illinois had the same winning percentage against the spread (.333) at home (4-7-1 record) and on the road (5-10-0) last year.
  • Leathernecks games finished above the over/under 66.7% of the time both at home (eight of 12) and away (10 of 15) last year.
  • When moneyline underdogs last season, the Leathernecks won a lower percentage of games at home (1-3) than away (4-11).

Last season stats

  • The Leathernecks put up 68.7 points per game (307th-ranked in college basketball) last season, while allowing 71.3 points per contest (152nd-ranked).
  • Western Illinois pulled down 31.6 boards per game (194th-ranked in college basketball) last season, while allowing 31.5 rebounds per contest (202nd-ranked).
  • The Leathernecks didn’t produce many dimes last season, ranking -3-worst in the country with 10.0 assists per contest.

Western Illinois betting records this season

  • ATS Record: 3-1-0 (Home: 0-0-0; Away: 3-1-0)
  • ATS Record When Underdog by 3.5+: 3-1-0 (As Favorite: 0-0-0; As Underdog: 3-1-0)
  • O-U-P: 1-3-0 (Home: 0-0-0; Away: 1-3-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Favorite: 0-0 (Home: 0-0; Away: 0-0)
  • Record When Moneyline Underdog: 0-4 (Home: 0-0; Away: 0-4)
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
43.4 (258th in nation) 44.7 (245th) 27.8 (340th) 31.2 (175th) 5.8 (365th) 11.6 (151st)
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