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RICHMOND, Ky. – EKU will play host to Ohio Valley University on Thursday, the Colonels' second home game in three days.
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The game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. and will air live on ESPN+. The live radio broadcast of the game is available in the Richmond area on WCYO 100.7 FM, and can be heard worldwide on EKUSports.com.
INSIDE THE SERIES
-Â EKU leads the all-time series 2-0.
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- The two teams first met on Nov. 26, 1996 with the Colonels winning 89-86. The most recent meeting came on Dec. 9, 2009. Eastern Kentucky won that game 74-58.Â
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THE COLONELS
-Â Eastern Kentucky opened its 2021-22 season with a 93-63 win over Georgetown College on Tuesday.
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Cooper Robb scored a career-best 21 points while hitting 5-of-9 from three-point range.
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Braxton Beverly dished out seven assists and scored nine points in his EKU debut.
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Michael Moreno grabbed a game-high nine rebounds to go along with 15 points.
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-Â As a team, the Colonels shot 57 percent from the field for the game.
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- Eastern Kentucky opponents had at least 14 turnovers in every game last season. Georgetown turned the ball over 15 times in the season-opener.
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-Â EKU is 17-3 in its last 20 home games.
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Ohio Valley University is 0-2 this season after losses to a pair of Kentucky schools. OVU fell at Campbellsville, 83-74, and lost at home to Cumberlands, 108-80. Â
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-Â The Fighting Scots have averaged 77 points per game and allowed 95.5 points.
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-Â Ohio Valley has allowed its opponents to shoot 52 percent from the field.
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- Parker Black and Andre Leavell lead the team with an average of 18.5 points per game. Black is a 6-foot-4 guard and Leavell is a 6-foot-2 guard.
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-Â Vukasin Garic, a 6-foot-7 forward, is the team's leader in rebounds (6.5/game) and assists (3.5/game).
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-Â OVU has turned the ball over 20.5 times per game.
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