CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's and women's basketball teams are back in action at Southeast Missouri on Saturday.

The women tip at the Show-Me Center at 3:00 p.m. ET, followed by the men at 5:15 p.m. ET.

Women's Preview
 
WHAT TO KNOW
 
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- The Colonels (5-9, 2-3 OVC) fell to the UT Martin Skyhawks, 77-49, on Thursday at the Elam Center. The Colonels outrebounded Martin 41-37, but shot just 18-of-62 (29 percent) from the field.
 
- A'Queen Hayes led EKU against UT Martin, scoring a team-high 18 points and game-high eight rebounds. She also dished out a team-high five assists and was 4-of-5 from the foul line. As of Jan. 11, Hayes is tied for first in minutes per game (35.1), sixth in rebounding (8.0, eighth in assists/turnover ratio (1.3) and scoring (14.8). She is also ninth in assists (3.6).
 
- Abby Wright came off the bench against the Skyhawks and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
 
Southeast Missouri (7-10, 2-3 OVC) narrowly fell at the buzzer to Morehead State, 59-56, in its last game on Thursday.
 
SEMO has a very balanced scoring attack, with Tesia Thompson and Adrianna Murphy scoring 11.9 and 11.8 points per game respectively. Ashton Luttrull also adds 10.9 points per game for the Redhawks.
 
On the season, Southeast Missouri scores 62.2 points a night, but allows their opponents to score 63.6. Also, the Redhawks outrebound their opposition by almost two per game and commit 19.3 turnovers a night.
 
EKU leads the all-time series with Southeast Missouri, 32-15, and has won the last six matchups. The last time the teams met, Eastern walked away with a 74-63 win in Cape Girardeau.
 
UP NEXT

The Colonels will be back in Richmond to take on Tennessee Tech on Jan. 18. Game time is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET.

Men's Preview

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- EKU (7-11, 1-4 OVC) defeated UT Martin, 78-70, on Thursday night at the Elam Center in Martin.
 
- Freshman Dedric Boyd poured in a career-high 31 points in the win at UT Martin. He was 9-of-12 from the field, 5-of-8 from deep and 8-of-8 from the line. His 31 points are the most by a Colonel this season, and third most by any OVC player during league play.
 
- Junior Nick Mayo - EKU's leading scorer - had only two points in Thursday's win. However, he grabbed a team-best 11 rebounds and dished out a season-high six assists.
 
- Senior Dillon Avare connected on 4-of-6 three-pointers to match his season-high with 12 points against UT Martin. Avare now ranks seventh in the OVC in three-point field goal percentage (42.4%).
 
- Junior Jackson Davis just missed a season high with 16 points in the win over UT Martin. He added seven rebounds.
 
- EKU drained a season-high 11 three-pointers at UTM.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
 
- Southeast Missouri (8-10, 2-3 OVC) edged Morehead State, 78-75, on Thursday in Cape Girardeau.
 
- Denzel Mahoney paces the Redhawks at 19.1 points-per-game.
 
- This is the 50th all-time meeting between EKU and Southeast Missouri. EKU leads the series, 29-20. The Colonels had won six straight over the Redhawks until SEMO defeated Eastern, 81-49, last season on New Year's Eve.
 
UP NEXT
 
EKU returns home to host Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State at McBrayer Arena next weekend.