RICHMOND, Ky.— Eastern Kentucky University ran its record to 7-1 on the season with an 87-62 win Tuesday night in McBrayer Arena over Greenville (IL) College.

Junior guard Jason McLeish paced the Colonels' attack with a career-high 21 points, while junior guard Zach Ingles added 14 points and junior center Alonzo Hird poured in 13. EKU won the battle of the backboards, 46-27, as senior forward Michael Haney pulled down a game-high eight rebounds. Ingles led EKU from three-point range, hitting 4-7.

"We got a chance to play a lot of guys tonight and see some different combinations. We didn't play as well as we could have, but I have to give credit to Greenville College. They played hard and really stuck with their game plan," said EKU head coach Travis Ford.

A 24-5 run late in the first half stretched a 27-18 Colonel advantage to its biggest first half lead at 51-23 with 1:32 left in the opening period.

Ingles led the Colonels at the break with 11 points, while McLeish added 10. EKU was highly proficient on offense in the opening stanza, canning 74.1 percent (20-27) of its shots from the field. Junior guard Matt Witt had five assists at the break to pace the Colonels. EKU also had a decided advantage on the backboards in the first 20 minutes, having grabbed 19 of the contest's 31 missed shots in the first 20 minutes.

McLeish paced the Colonels in the first 12 minutes of the final half, scoring eight of Eastern's first 17 points as Eastern ran the margin out to 32 at 66-34 with 16:34 left in the game. Eastern cooled off in the last 12 minutes of the final half, hitting just 32.5 percent from the floor, while Greenville (3-7) hit 43.3 percent in the second half.

Junior forward Scott Foster paced the Panthers with 20 points.

Eastern begins a seven-game road trip Monday (Dec. 20) with a 7:00 p.m. EST contest at Savannah State, who the Colonels beat earlier this year, 87-59.