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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky's men's basketball team got off to a slow start and suffered a 93-75 loss at Austin Peay on Thursday at the Dunn Center.
 
The Governors hit on 74 percent of their shots and forced 11 turnovers in the first 12 and a half minutes of the game to build a 42-21 lead.
 
Eastern closed within 15 on back-to-back 3-pointers by Dujuanta Weaver, the second coming with 5:23 left in the first half made it 44-29.  Weaver made three free throws with 0.4 seconds left in the opening frame, but APSU took a 21-point lead to the locker room at the break, 56-35.
 
Austin Peay shot 67 percent in the first half and turned 17 EKU turnovers into 27 points.  The Govs were 8-for-12 from three-point range.  The Colonels shot 42 percent in the first 20 minutes.
 
A dunk by Nick Mayo to start the second half got the visitors within 19.  The closest the Colonels got in the second half was 16 when Jomaru Brown threw down a dunk with 1:21 left to play.
 
Brown led Eastern Kentucky (7-7, 0-1 OVC) with career-high 26 points.  The freshman guard made 11-of-15 from the field and had three steals.  Weaver finished with four three-pointers and 15 points.  Mayo had 15 points and nine rebounds.
 
Jarrett Givens had a game-best 25 points for Austin Peay (9-5, 1-0 OVC).  The Govs shot 57 percent from the field for the game and finished 11-for-21 (52 percent) from behind the arc. 
 
Eastern turned the ball over just six times in the second half and out-scored APSU by three.
 
EKU will play at in-state rival Murray State University on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.