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RICHMOND, Ky. – After two straight road games, the Eastern Kentucky University men's basketball team will be back home Saturday to host Jacksonville State University.
 
Saturday will be "Local Heroes Night" at McBrayer Arena.  EKU Athletics invites all active fire, EMS, police personnel, military and other community first responders to Alumni Coliseum this Saturday for Local Heroes Night. Any local hero can use this link to receive a FREE ticket to the men's and women's basketball games.
 
The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET 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
-  The Colonels lead the all-time series with Jacksonville State 24-12 and have won three straight against the Gamecocks.
 
-  The last time the two teams met, EKU won 86-82 in overtime in Jacksonville on Feb. 2, 2021.  Cooper Robb had 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field.  Michael Moreno scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
 
THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky fell to 8-9 this season and 0-3 in conference play after losing 76-75 on Tuesday at North Alabama.
 
-  Russhard Cruickshank and Jomaru Brown each scored 14 points against the Lions.  Jannson Williams and Devontae Blanton pulled down 10 rebounds each against UNA.
 
-  The Colonels are ranked second in the nation in steals (192), third in steals per game (11.29/game), fourth in turnovers forced (19.18) and fifth in turnover margin (+6.18).
 
-  Eastern Kentucky is first in the ASUN, and 12th in the country, with an average of 14 offensive rebounds per game.
 
-  The Colonels are 12th in the country in total assists (275) and 42nd in assists per game (16.22/game).
 
-  EKU is eighth in the nation, and first in the conference, in total rebounds (664).
 
-  The Colonels are second in the ASUN Conference and are 42nd in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense this season at 29.2 percent (108-of-370).
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Jacksonville State is 9-6 overall and 2-0 in the ASUN.  The Gamecocks have won four straight since falling at then 6th-ranked Alabama by six.   
 
-  JSU has conference wins over North Alabama (65-55) on the road and Lipscomb (88-83) at home.
 
-  Darian Adams led Jacksonville State with 24 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in Tuesday's win over Lipscomb.  Jalen Gibbs added 21 points.
 
-  Adams, a 6-foot-3 senior guard, leads the team in scoring (15.6 ppg) and assists (4.5 apg) this season and is third on the team in rebounding (5.2 rpg).  He has hit 42 percent of his shots from the field and 87 percent of his team-high 63 trips to the free throw line.
 
-  Gibbs, a 6-foot-3 senior guard who transferred from Mount St. Mary's, is second on the team in scoring at 11.5 points per game.  Demaree King, a 6-foot junior guard, has a team-best 45 three-pointers and contributes 11.1 points per game.  Brandon Huffman, a 6-foot-10 senior forward/center, is the team's top rebounder at 5.7 boards per game while scoring 9.7 points per contest.
 
-   For the season, JSU has made 46 percent of its shots from the field, including 41 percent from behind the 3-point arc.  The Gamecocks out-rebound their opponents by 6.3 per game, second-best in the ASUN, but average 14.5 turnovers.