EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The Eastern Kentucky University men’s basketball team concludes its Illinois road trip with a visit to SIUE Saturday night. Tip time is set for 8 p.m. ET.

Eastern Kentucky (13-11, 6-5 OVC) moved into fifth place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings with its win Thursday at Eastern Illinois. All six of Eastern’s OVC wins have been extremely close. The average margin of victory has been 4.8 points, which is right in line with the Colonels’ 47-43 win over EIU. EKU’s largest margin of victory (eight points) came in a double-overtime win over UT Martin.

SIUE (6-14, 4-7) picked up a 61-53 win over Morehead State Thursday. The Cougars, who are playing their first full conference schedule this year, are 3-3 in OVC home games including a victory over Tennessee Tech. Forward Mark Yelovich is the team’s leading scorer (13.9 ppg) and rebounder (6.3 rpg). He paced SIUE with 20 points and five boards versus Morehead State.

The Colonels first squared off against SIUE last year and won both games. Senior Joshua Jones averaged 10.5 ppg in those two contests while shooting 80 percent (8-of-10) from the field.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

Game Notes
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Television
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Video Streaming
--Saturday’s game can be seen for FREE at www.SIUEtv.com. Click here for live video stream!

Live Audio
--Saturday’s game can be heard locally on WCYO 100.7 FM. Click here for live radio broadcast!  WCYO is now streaming on most mobile devices. Download the TuneIn Radio app, available for iPhone/iPod/iPad, Android, Blackberry, Palm and Windows Phone.

Live Stats
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Storylines
--Junior Mike DiNunno has scored at least 10 points in five of the last six games. In that stretch, he is shooting 56.7 percent (34-of-60) from the floor.

--Junior #D’Mitri Riggs# returned to the EKU line-up Thursday after missing two games with an ankle injury. Riggs played 33 minutes and went 6-for-6 at the free throw line in the win.