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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senior Marie Carpenter broke the Lady Colonel career mark for three-pointers as the Eastern Kentucky University women's basketball team cruised past Ohio Valley Conference foe Belmont, 75-59, on Saturday evening at the Curb Event Center.

With the win, EKU (11-6, 5-1 OVC) remains atop the OVC East Division standings. The red-hot Lady Colonels have now won eight of their last nine games.

Playing in her hometown of Nashville, Carpenter entered the game needing two three-pointers to break the record of 170 held by Angie Cox (1988-92). She sank six en route to a game-high 27 points.

Fellow senior Pilar Walker, meanwhile, posted her first-career double-double, scoring 12 points and dishing out a career-high 10 assists.

Sophomore Shelly Harper scored 12 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds in the win. Her effort led EKU to a 44-24 rebounding advantage over Belmont.

The Lady Colonels shot a sizzling 52.9 percent (27-of-51) from the field.

EKU – the OVC's leader in scoring defense – held Belmont (7-14, 4-4 OVC) to 35.5 percent (22-of-62) shooting from the field and 10 percent (2-of-20) shooting from three-point range.

Jordyn Luffman paced the Bruins with 13 points.

EKU led the game from beginning to end. The Lady Colonels jumped out to a 14-2 lead when Carpenter sank a jumper with 14:13 on the clock. Belmont responded with five unanswered points to get within seven, but that was as close as the Bruins would get the rest of the way. A Carpenter three-pointer snapped Belmont's mini-run and another Carpenter three-pointer sent the Lady Colonels into the locker room at halftime up by 14, 36-22.

EKU led by at least nine points throughout the second half.

The Lady Colonels continue their Nashville road trip on Monday when they play at Tennessee State. Tip for that game is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. ET.