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MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – Eastern Kentucky improved by nine shots from the first round, but still sits in seventh place after the second round of the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Golf Championship on Monday at The Shoals on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
 
Senior Billy Basham led the Colonels with a 4-under 68 on Monday, improving by 10 shots over his first round score.  His round tied for the best of the day by any player.
 
As a team, EKU carded a 4-over round of 292.  With a 36-hole total of 593 (+17), Eastern has a 13 shot advantage over eighth place Austin Peay (606) and is two shots behind sixth place Morehead State (591).
 
The OVC Championship is being contested on the Fighting Joe course.  For round two, the course played to 7,185 yards with a par of 72.
 
Tennessee-Martin (569) is 7-under as a team through two rounds and moved into the lead after shooting a 5-under round of 283.  Belmont (571) is two shots behind.  Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (577) is third and Tennessee Tech (578) is fourth.  The Colonels are within seven shots of fifth place Jacksonville State (586). 
 
Murray State (609) is ninth.  Eastern Illinois (617) and Tennessee State (630) rounded out the field in 10th and 11th.
 
Eastern Kentucky will begin teeing off for the final round at 9:40 a.m. ET on Tuesday.  EKU will be paired with Austin Peay and Murray State.
 
Andreas Nielsen followed a 3-under round of 69 with a 3-over round of 75 on Monday.  He is tied for seventh overall with a total of 144 (E). 
 
Basham had two birdies on the first nine holes and made the turn at 2-under.  After a birdie and a bogey on two of the first seven holes of the back nine, Basham was still 2-under.  However, a four on the par-5 No. 17 hole and a two on the par-3 No. 18 pushed him to 4-under for the round.  With a two-day total of 146 (+2), Basham is tied for 13th overall.
 
Markus Lindgren followed a first round 77 with a 1-over 73 on Monday.  He is tied for 28th with a total of 150 (+6).  Lindgren had two birdies on the front nine and made the turn at 1-under.  He mixed a pair of bogeys with seven pars on the final nine.
 
Willis Gaer (153) is tied for 37th and Pablo Carrascosa Vivas (162) is 50th.
 
The Shoals is home to two 18-hole championship courses and lies between the Wheeler and Wilson dams on the Tennessee River.  The Fighting Joe course at The Shoals was the first Trail course to break 8,000 yards. 
 
7.  Eastern Kentucky    301-292 – 593 (+17)
T7. Andreas Nielsen                  69-75 – 144  (E)
T13. Billy Basham                      78-68 – 146  (+2)
T28. Markus Lindgren                77-73 – 150  (+6)
T37. Willis Gaer                         77-76 – 153  (+9)
50. Pablo Carrascosa Vivas         79-83 – 162  (+18)