JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The men's and women's basketball teams will play their final regular season road games on Saturday at Jacksonville State.
The women's game will begin at 3 p.m. ET. The men's contest is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. ET. Both games will air live on ESPN+.
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INSIDE THE SERIES
-Â EKU leads the all-time series 19-14.
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-Â Jacksonville State earned a 53-44 win in the first meeting between the two teams.
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THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky lost at Tennessee Tech, 77-57, on Thursday. Â
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Abby Wright and
Teri Goodlett scored 12 points each.
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Shay Solomon had eight points, four rebounds and two assists. Â Â Â
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Abby Wright leads the way offensively for the Colonels, averaging a team-best 11.7 points per game.
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- Â Solomon is the team's-top rebounder at 6.3 boards per game.
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-Â The Colonels are forcing 6.3 steals a game. Â
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-Â Jacksonville State beat Morehead State, 68-57, at home on Thursday. Â Â Â
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-Â The Gamecocks are led by Destiney Elliott, who averages a team-best 11.3 points per game.
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-Â Rayven Pearson contributes 10 points and 10 rebounds per game. Â
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-Â Yamia Johnson led the Gamecocks with 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting against Morehead State.
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- Â Rayven Peaerson recorded a double-double on Thursday with 12 points and 14 rebounds.
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-Â JSU allows just 58 points per game.Â
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UP NEXT
The Colonels' road trip ends Saturday at Jacksonville State. The game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET.
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WHAT TO KNOW
- Senior
Nick Mayo moved past Carl Greenfield to No. 7 on EKU's all-time rebounds list on Thursday at Tennessee Tech (804). He enters Saturday's game nine shy of moving past Eddie "The Machine" Bodkin to No. 6 on the list.Â
- Freshman
Tre King recorded his second career double-double in the win over Tennessee Tech, scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 boards. The Colonels are now 3-0 in games when King grabs double-digit rebounds.Â
- Thursday's win was EKU's first this season in which it scored less than 70 points.Â
- Freshman
Jomaru Brown has attempted 41 free throws in EKU's last four games. He has converted 33 of those attempts.Â
- EKU ranks second in the country in steals-per-game (10.6) and turnovers forced (18.9). The Colonels also rank 7th in the country in turnover margin (+4.1) and 18th in scoring offense (82.2).Â
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Jacksonville State (20-8, 12-3 OVC) currently sits in second place in the OVC. The Gamecocks have won four straight games.Â
- Jason Burnell averages 16.0 points and 9.4 rebounds-per-game for JSU.Â
- This will be the 32nd all-time meeting between EKU and Jacksonville State. The Colonels lead the series, 21-10, and defeated the Gamecocks, 88-70, on January 24 in Berea.Â
UP NEXTÂ
EKU returns home to host Austin Peay and Morehead State next week at McBrayer Arena.
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