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RICHMOND, Ky. – After playing for straight games on the road, Eastern Kentucky returns to McBrayer Arena to host Marshall on Saturday.
 
Saturday is Jack Burford Chevrolet Youth Sports Night.  Thanks to Jack Burford Chevrolet, one fan will be chosen at random to shoot a half-court shot to win a car.
 
The game is scheduled to begin at 7 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.
 
EKU is partnering with Toys for Tots and will be accepting new toys for donation to children in need at all home games through Dec. 18.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  The Colonels lead the all-time series with Marshall 23-21.  The two teams first met during the 1924-25 season.  The most recent meeting came on Dec. 19, 2019 in Huntington. 
 
-  The Thundering Herd won that game 90-72.  Michael Moreno finished with eight points and eight rebounds for EKU.  Current Colonel Iran Bennett scored 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in that game for Marshall.
 
THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky is 5-5 this season after falling to No. 15 Southern California, 80-68, on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
 
-  Braxton Beverly tied his season-high with four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points at No. 15 USC.
 
-  Eastern Kentucky had 11 steals and forced USC into 18 turnovers.  The Colonels lead the ASUN and are 23rd in the nation in steals (9.80/game).
 
-  Devontae Blanton leads the ASUN Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.71.  He has 38 assists and 14 turnovers this season.  Blanton is sixth in the league with 3.8 assists per game.
 
-  Jannson Williams is second in the ASUN in blocks (2.33/game), tied for third in rebounding (6.56/game) and 10th in scoring (12.78/game).
 
-  Eastern Kentucky turned the ball over just seven times at No. 15 USC.  It was the fewest turnovers in a game by EKU this season.
 
-  Marshall shot 28.1 percent (9-for-32) from 3-point range against Bluefield College on Wednesday and is shooting just 28.8 percent from deep this season.  Eastern Kentucky has allowed its opponents to shoot just 28.4 percent from long range, which is 47th-best in the nation.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Marshall is 6-3 this season and has won two straight.  The Thundering Herd's three losses have come to Campbell (67-65) at home, at Indiana (90-79) and at Akron (88-86).  The Herd beat Bluefield College 100-57 on Wednesday.   
 
-  Marshall averages 83.4 points per game and has held its opponents to 73.8 per contest.  The Thundering Herd are shooting 47 percent from the field, but just 29 percent from behind the arc.  Marshall opponents have hit at 42 percent from the floor and 35 percent from long range.  MU has gotten to the free throw line 23 more times than its opponents.
 
-  The Thundering Herd rank second in the nation with an average 7.9 blocks per game.
 
-  Taevion Kinsey, a 6-foot-5 junior guard, leads the team in scoring at 21.2 points per game and has made 47 percent of his shots from the field.
 
-  Andrew Taylor is the team's second leading scorer (13 ppg), second leading rebounder (5.7 rpg) and leads the squad in assists (5.9 apg).  The 6-foot-3 sophomore guard from Corbin, Kentucky has a team-best 14 three-pointers but has hit on just 27 percent from deep.
 
-  Obinna Anochili-Killen has started only two games but leads the team with 7.2 rebounds per game and is third in scoring at 12.3 points per game.  The 6-foot-8, 220-pound freshman forward has shot 54 percent from the field.