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RICHMOND, Ky. – Game three of a four game home stand for the Eastern Kentucky men's basketball team will be Tuesday against Alabama A&M. The Colonels have won four of their first five games.

Tipoff at McBrayer Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m. The live radio broadcast of the game is available in the Richmond area on WCYO 100.7 FM, and can be heard worldwide on EKUSports.com. A live video broadcast of the contest is available on OVCDigitalNetwork.com.

Eastern is riding a two-game winning streak after knocking off Big South Conference favorite High Point, 74-67, on Saturday. The lead changed hands 12 times in the second half but the Colonels held on for the win.

Glenn Cosey finished with a game-best 25 points. Marcus Lewis and Corey Walden each finished with 16 points. Walden also had six assists and five rebounds.

Alabama A&M is 1-2 this season. The Bulldogs beat Alabama-Huntsville between losses at New Mexico and Western Michigan. Jeremy Crutcher, a 5-foot-8 senior guard, leads the team in scoring (14 ppg) and assists (3.3 apg). Demarquelle Tabb, a 6-foot-5 senior forward, averages 11.3 points and a team best 8.3 rebounds per game.

Tabb had 10 points and 13 rebounds in a 73-69 loss at Western Michigan. Arthur Capers came off the bench to score a game-high 23 points.

Cosey leads the Colonels with an average of 19 points, five rebounds and six assists per game. In his last two games, the senior has made 65 percent of his shots from the field and 61 from behind the arc.

Eastern Kentucky has made 30 three-pointers the last two games, including tying an OVC record with 20 against Warren Wilson. Alabama A&M's three opponents have shot 43 percent from three-point range.

EKU has feasted this season off turnovers, but Alabama A&M has committed only 8.7 per game. Eastern's opponents have averaged 19.4 turnovers per game.