RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's basketball team will make the short trip up I-75 on Wednesday to face No. 4/5 Kentucky at Rupp Arena at 7:00 p.m.
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Live Stats I Live Audio I Game Notes I Live Tweets - EKU picked up its first road win of the season, 74-71, at Savannah State on Saturday.
- The Colonels shot a season-low 38 percent (21-of-56) from the field and 27 percent (8-of-30) from three-point range on Saturday, but shot a season high 89 percent (24-of-27) from the free throw line.
- Senior
Jarelle Reischel nearly had a triple-double in EKU's win on Saturday, recording 24 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists.
- Reischel missed his first free throw attempt at Savannah State, but then sank 17 straight foul shots to close out the game. He currently ranks third in the country in free throws made (65) and fourth in the country in free throws attempted (80).
- Junior
JaVontae Hawkins contributed 16 points at Savannah State and converted the decisive layup with 10 seconds on the clock. He has scored in double figures in all nine game this season, and he ranks 10th in the country in field goals made (63).
- Reischel (19.7 points-per-game) and Hawkins (18.8 points-per-game) are No. 1 and 2 in the OVC in scoring.
- Junior
Isaac McGlone leads the OVC in three-point field goal percentage (61.9).
- EKU ranks sixth in the country in scoring offense (90.4 points-per-game), sixth in field goal percentage (52.4) and fifth in three-point field goal percentage (44.3).
- This is the 12th all-time meeting between EKU and UK. The Wildcats defeated the Colonels, 82-49, last year in Rupp. Several current Colonels played in that game, including McGlone (two assists, three steals), senior
Ja'Mill Powell (10 points), sophomore
Paul Jackson (two assists), senior
Tommy Matthews (one rebound), junior
Jaylen Babb-Harrison (one rebound, one assist) and senior
Jonathan Hood (three rebounds, one assist).
- Head coach
Dan McHale will be facing his alma mater on Wednesday. McHale was a student manager at UK from 1998-2001 and won a national championship with the Wildcats in 1998. He graduated from UK in 2001 with a degree in business administration.
- Kentucky (7-1) was the top-ranked team in the country until falling at UCLA, 87-57, last Thursday. The Wildcats are by a trio of guards in Jamal Murray (15.3 points-per-game), Isaiah Briscoe (13.3 points-per-game) and Tyler Ulis (12.6 points-per-game).
UP NEXT Following Wednesday's showdown at Rupp, EKU returns to action at Marshall on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m.
