RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University’s women’s basketball team will host Austin Peay State University on Thursday at McBrayer Arena. The game is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Colonels (13-12, 8-10 OVC) are in the middle of a stretch that includes three games in five days. The Lady Govs (6-21, 3-15 OVC) snapped a nine-game losing skid on Saturday with a road win over UT Martin.

The game will be aired live on WEKY 1340 AM in the Richmond area and can be heard worldwide at EKUsports.com.

Eastern Kentucky defeated Austin Peay in overtime earlier this season and the Lady Colonels lead the all-time series 41-24. EKU has won three straight, and six of seven, in the series. Eastern is 22-6 all-time in games played in Richmond.

On Tuesday, Morehead State overcame an eight-point deficit with eight minutes left in the game to beat Eastern Kentucky, 68-65. A jumper by Candyce Flyn with 1:05 left in the game completed the comeback. Chynna Bozeman’s jumper with 12 seconds showing on the clock extended the Eagle lead to three. Eastern’s Ashley Cazee missed a three at the buzzer in an attempt to force overtime. The Lady Colonels were led by Crystal Jones with 23 points.

In that earlier meeting against Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky built a 16-point second half lead but had to comeback from a four-point deficit to force overtime and beat the Lady Govs, 68-66, on Dec. 8 in Clarksville, Tenn. Senior Crystal Jones recorded a double-double with a game-high 24 points, including the game-winning basket with six seconds left in overtime, and 10 rebounds.

Cazee scored 20 points for the Lady Colonels. LaTanya Stokes finished with seven points and a team-best 12 rebounds. Eastern out-rebounded Austin Peay 51-40.

Alex Bivens made five of seven three-point attempts and led Austin Peay with 19 points. April Thomas also had a double-double for the Lady Govs with 10 points and 13 boards.

After APSU opened the second half with a bucket to draw within three points, 29-26, the Lady Colonels scored nine straight points as part of a 15-4 run that gave Eastern a 16-point advantage, 44-28, with 14:37 left in the game. Just as quickly as EKU built its lead, the Lady Govs erased it. APSU knocked down five three-pointers during a 25-5 run that turned a 16-point EKU lead into a 4-point Lady Gov advantage. Austin Peay made seven of 10 second half three-point attempts to fuel the comeback.

Cazee’s two free throws at the 1:18 mark put the Lady Colonels in front 60-59. Ashley Herring converted the second of two free throw attempts with 30 seconds remaining to knot the score at 60-60. Cazee drove to the basket with six seconds on the clock but her attempt to win the game in regulation was blocked.

The Lady Govs scored first in the overtime frame but Cazee answered with a three-pointer. After an old-fashioned three-point play by Ashlee McGee with 1:30 to play put APSU up by one, 65-64, a jumper by Jones pushed EKU back on top with 28 seconds to go. April Thomas made one of two free throw attempts with 21 seconds remaining to tie the game. Jones answered with a jumper with less than six seconds left that proved to be the winning shot. Herring drove to the basket but missed a lay-up as time expired.

On Saturday, Austin Peay earned a 55-48 win on the road against Tennessee-Martin. The Lady Govs have only scored more than 60 points three times in their last 19 games.

As a team, APSU averages 58.1 points per game. The Lady Govs allow an average of 68 points per contest.

West Virginia transfer Janay Armstrong leads the team in scoring (11.2 ppg) and rebounding (7.2 rpg). She joined the team in December but has missed two of the last four games due to a suspension. Armstrong remains indefinitely suspended by coach Carrie Daniels and will not play against EKU.

Herring averages 10.7 points per game and also contributes 5.8 rebounds per contest. Thomas is the team’s second leading rebounder at 6.2 boards per contest. She also averages 7.8 points per game.

Against UT Martin on Saturday, Herring and McGee each scored 15 points. McGee added nine assists. Kellea Reeves scored 11 points. Only five Lady Govs scored more than two points.

APSU shot 34 percent from the field, but limited UTM to 30.9 percent shooting from the floor, including 20 percent from three-point range.

Austin Peay out-rebounded the Skyhawks 44-35.