EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's basketball team will play at SIUE on Monday afternoon. Tip from the Vadalabene Center is scheduled for 3:00 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 (14-4, 8-3 OVC) fell to Murray State, 76-64, on Saturday at McBrayer Arena.
 
Freshman Wendell Green Jr. led the Colonels with 24 points and eight assists in the loss. Junior Tre King had 17 points, five rebounds and three blocks.
 
Green Jr. leads all freshmen in the country with 103 assists.
 
Sophomore Michael Moreno had had 13 points on 3-of-6 shooting from deep versus Murray State. Moreno ranks third in the OVC in three-point field goal percentage (44.9%) He is second in the OVC in the same category during league play (49.2%).
 
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
 
SIUE (7-9, 5-5 OVC) fell at home to Belmont, 94-62, on Saturday.
 
Sidney Wilson leads the Cougars offensively at 13.8 points-per-game.
 
This is the 14^th all-time meeting between EKU and SIUE. The Cougars lead the series, 7-6. The Colonels have only won once at the Vadalabene Center, a 70-50 victory back on January 18, 2011.
 
 
UP NEXT
 
EKU heads to Nashville later this week to face Belmont (February 11) and Tennessee State (February 13).