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Colonels Close Out Road Trip at SEMO on Monday, Tip Time Moved Up to 3 P.M.

2/19/2021 5:08:00 PM

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's basketball team will close out its seven-game road trip with a game at Southeast Missouri on Monday. Tip time for the game has been moved up to 3 p.m. ET.
 
The game will air live on ESPN+. The radio broadcast of the game can be heard locally at 100.7 FM and worldwide at EKUSports.com.
 
 
WHAT TO KNOW
 
EKU (18-6, 12-5 OVC) fell at SEMO, 94-72, on Saturday at the Show Me Center.

Sophomore Michael Moreno led all scorers in the game with 19 points. He was 5-of-7 from deep and now leads the OVC in three-point field goal percentage at 49.1%.

Redshirt freshman Curt Lewis scored 18 points on Saturday.

Freshman Devontae Blanton came off the bench to score 10 points and lead the Colonels with seven rebounds, five of which were offensive.
 
Eastern currently ranks in the top-25 in the NCAA in 10 categories - including 1st in steals-per-game (10.6), 2nd in turnover margin (+6.5), 2nd in turnovers forced-per-game (19.6), 10th in scoring (82.5) and 21st in three-pointers-per-game (9.8).
 
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
 
Southeast Missouri (9-14, 7-10 OVC) was led by Chris Harris on Saturday, who finished with 18 points and seven assists.
 
This is the 55th all-time meeting between EKU and Southeast Missouri. The Colonels lead the series, 33-21.
 
 
UP NEXT
 
EKU returns home to close out the regular season with a pair of games against Belmont (Feb. 25) and Tennessee State (Feb. 27).
 
 
 
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