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Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Five Colonels scored in double figures as Eastern Kentucky overcame a slow start to pull away from visiting Brescia, 95-56, on Friday at McBrayer Arena.

Senior Glenn Cosey led all players with 20 points, his sixth double-digit scoring output in as many games this season. Senior Orlando Williams came off the bench to add 15 points, while senior Marcus Lewis had 14 points, junior Eric Stutz contributed 11 points and freshman Isaac McGlone dropped a career-best 10 points.

EKU (6-1) shot 49.1 percent (27-of-55) from the field in the win, its second-best shooting performance of the season. The Colonels stifled the Bearcats to just 33.3 percent shooting from the floor.

Jordan Cooper-Livers paced Brescia with 18 points in the loss.

EKU led by only six, with 3:16 remaining in the first half, but used a 12-2 run in the waning minutes of the half to take a double-digit lead. A three-point play by junior Timmy Knipp with 26 second on the clock pushed the Colonel advantage to 16 points. Kyle Nixon knocked down a three-pointer on Brescia's ensuing possession to make it 42-29 at halftime.

The Colonels connected on 16-of-17 free throws to keep Brescia at bay in the first half.

Eastern exploded out of the locker room to score the first eight points of the second half, as a layup by Lewis made it 50-29 just two minutes in. After Jordan Cooper-Livers sank a three-pointer on Brescia's next trip up the floor, Lewis answered with a thunderous dunk in the lane that sparked the Colonels on a 15-0 run. A pair of free throws by Cosey punctuated EKU's spurt and made it 65-36 with 13:21 to play.

The Colonels led by more than 25 points the rest of the way.

EKU opens a four-game road trip at North Carolina State on Nov. 30 at 8:00 p.m.

Notes
Glenn Cosey has scored 20 or more points in four straight games.

The Colonels have won 20 straight home non-conference games. EKU stands at 43-7 (.860) in home non-conference games under head coach Jeff Neubauer. The program record is 21 straight from 1977-78 to 1980-81.

Through seven games this season, the Colonels have committed 64 fewer turnovers and out-scored their opponents by 117 points off turnovers (177-60).

EKU is 4-0 this season when scoring 80-plus. The Colonels are 40-6 (.870) under Jeff Neubauer when scoring 80 or more.