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RICHMOND, Ky. – With its destiny in its own hands, Eastern Kentucky will close out the final week of the regular season with three home games, beginning Monday against Austin Peay.
 
The game will start at 7 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.
 
Despite being one game behind Belmont (10-5 OVC) in the Ohio Valley Conference East Division standings, if the Colonels (16-10, 8-5 OVC) win all three of their games this week they will claim the top spot in the East Division, the No. 2 seed in the upcoming OVC Tournament and the double bye that comes with it.
 
Eastern has already secured its 13th straight OVC Tournament appearance.  EKU is one of only two teams to earn a spot in each of the last 13 conference tournaments.
 
Eastern Kentucky is 36-6 in its last 42 home games.  EKU has shot 50 percent or better in four of its last five games.
 
Eastern is second in the OVC in scoring defense (63.4 ppg).  Austin Peay is last in the OVC in scoring defense (72.3 points allowed per game), last in defensive field goal percentage (47.6 percent) and 10th in three-point field goal percentage defense (37.8 percent).
 
In his last four home games, EKU senior Eric Stutz has shot 73.3 percent from the field, including 75 percent from three-point range, while averaging 23 points per game.  The 6-foot-8 forward has come on strong of late.  He has averaged 19 points, seven rebounds and three assists while shooting 63 percent from the field over the last 10 games.
 
Austin Peay (7-20) has lost seven straight and stands 2-11 in the OVC after losing at Murray State, 89-54, on Saturday.  The Governors have scored 70 points or more in only one of their last seven games and have been held under 65 five times.
 
Chris Horton, a 6-foot-8 junior center, leads the team in scoring (13.1 ppg) and rebounding (11.0 rpg).  Khalil Davis, a 6-foot-5 junior guard, averages 10.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
 
This will be the 111th meeting between the two teams.  Austin Peay leads the all-time series 60-50, but Eastern Kentucky has won three of the last four in the series.  The Colonels are 29-22 all-time in games played in Richmond.