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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – After surrendering a seven-point lead in the closing minutes on Thursday, Eastern Kentucky will be looking to end its two-game Ohio Valley Conference road trip on a positive note at Tennessee Tech on Saturday.
 
The game will start at 8:30 p.m. ET.  The live radio broadcast is available in the Richmond area on WCYO 100.7 FM, and can be heard worldwide on EKUSports.com.  A live free video broadcast is available on OVCDigitalNetwork.com.
 
The Colonels (11-7, 3-2 OVC) led by seven with 1:31 left in the game before Jacksonville State scored 10 unanswered to escape with a 71-67 victory on Thursday.  Timmy Knipp and Eric Stutz each finished with 16 points.  Corey Walden scored seven of his 10 points during a run that gave his team a seven-point lead with less than two minutes to play.
 
Eastern has held nine of its last 11 opponents to less than 70 points.  Only five of 18 opponents have scored 70 or more against the Colonels this season.  However, two of Eastern's last three foes have scored 70 or more and EKU lost both contests.
 
After beginning the season with an 8-5 non-conference record, Tennessee Tech (9-11, 1-6 OVC) has opened OVC play with just one win in seven games.  TTU's lone league victory was against Austin Peay, 72-56, at home.
 
Three of Tech's top four scorers are post players.  The trio of 6-foot-10 Charles Jackson, 6-foot-8 Dwan Caldwell and 6-foot-5 Josiah Moore account for 50 percent of the team's points and 53 percent of its rebounds.
 
Jackson, a junior college newcomer, leads the team in scoring (13.8 ppg) and rebounding (9.2 rpg).  He leads the OVC with 13 double-doubles and is second in rebounding.  Caldwell, a senior, contributes 11.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.  Moore, a junior transfer from Nebraska, averages 9.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per contest.
 
As a team, Tennessee Tech leads the OVC with an average of 37.5 rebounds per game and is second with 13 offensive rebounds per game.
 
On Thursday, the Golden Eagles shot 50 percent for the game and led Morehead State by as many as 11 points before losing 78-74.  TTU got out-scored at the free throw line by eight points and allowed MSU to turn 16 offensive rebounds into 25 second chance points.  Johnson finished with 18 points and five rebounds.
 
The last time these two teams play, a late 23-7 run propelled Eastern Kentucky to a 74-67 win over visiting Tennessee Tech on Feb. 27, 2014.
 
Moore's jumper capped a 7-0 Tech run and put the visitors on top 55-49 with 8:00 left.  However, the Colonels scored seven unanswered of their own to key the game-changing 23-7 run that would carry into the final minute of the game.
 
Tarius Johnson and Glenn Cosey led Eastern Kentucky with 20 points each.  Corey Walden added 14 and Stutz finished with 12 points and a team-best six rebounds.  Jeremiah Samarrippas led all players with 22 points for Tennessee Tech.
 
This is the 129th meeting between the two programs.  EKU leads the all-time series with Tennessee Tech 71-57.  The Colonels have won three of the last four, but the Golden Eagles have won five of the last eight.  Eastern is 27-35 in games played in Cookeville and is 3-3 in the last six games on TTU's home court.  The two teams split the season series in 2014-15 with each winning on their own home court.