RICHMOND, Ky. – Riding a three-game winning streak and sitting tied for second in the ASUN Conference, EKU will host first place Stetson on Saturday at Baptist Health Arena.
 
The Colonels are tied with Liberty and Kennesaw State at 4-1 in league play.  Stetson is 5-0.
 
The game is scheduled to begin at 3 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.
 
Saturday will be Youth Sports Day at Baptist Health Arena, which will include a halftime run on the court and a post-game autograph session.  All youth sports athletes 12 and under can receive one FREE ticket by clicking here.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  Stetson leads the series 2-0.  The first meeting came on Dec. 19, 1986 with Stetson winning 88-68 at the Hawaiian Tropic Classic in Daytona Beach, Florida.  The Hatters won 113-95 last season in Deland. 
 
-  In last year's game, on Jan. 29, 2022, Michael Moreno contributed 21 points and seven rebounds, hitting on 9-of-18 from the field, for Eastern Kentucky.  Jomaru Brown added 21 points and six assists.  Christian Jones had 23 points to lead Stetson.  Wheza Panzo made 6-of-7 from 3-point range and finished with 20 points.
 
THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky (11-7, 4-1 ASUN) has won three straight and six of its last seven.  The Colonels beat Florida Gulf Coast by 21 on Thursday, 97-76.  The Eagles came into that game tied for second as well.
 
-  Freshman Turner Buttry hit six 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 18 points against FGCU.
 
-  The inside duo of Isaiah Cozart and Dardan Kapiti combined for 21 points, 12 rebounds, four blocks and two assists in 38 minutes against Florida Gulf Coast.
 
-  EKU had 26 assists on 36 field goals against FGCU.  Tayshawn Comer handed out seven assists while Devontae Blanton and Leland Walker had six each.
 
-  Eastern Kentucky leads the ASUN in scoring at 80.67 points per game.
 
-  Defensively, the Colonels lead the conference in blocked shots (4.83/game) and steals (9.50/game), are third in 3-point defense (32.6 percent) and fourth in field goal percentage defense (42.2 percent).
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Stetson (10-6, 5-0 ASUN) has won five straight games.  Two of those wins came in overtime on the road at Lipscomb and at North Alabama.   
 
-  Stetson beat Bellarmine, 80-51, on Thursday in Louisville.  The sophomore Hoosier duo of Jalen Blackmon and Luke Brown finished with 21 and 20 points respectively.  They shot a combined 67 percent from the field with 12 of their 14 field goals coming from 3-point range.
 
-  As a team, the Hatters shot 51 percent from the field and 48 percent from long range in the 31-point win at Bellarmine.  Stetson out-rebounded the Knights 33-24 and committed only nine turnovers.
 
-  Stetson is third in the ASUN in scoring at 76.31 points per game.  The Hatters are second in 3-pointers per game (10.63), second in free throw percentage (74.5 percent), second in 3-point shooting percentage (39.4 percent) and fourth in field goal percentage (46.7 percent).
 
-  Blackmon (12.5 ppg) and Brown (11.9 ppg) lead the team in scoring.  Brown has shot 51 percent from the field and 52 percent (36-of-69) from 3-point range.  Josh Smith, a 6-foot-8 junior forward, is the team's top rebounder at 6.8 per game and averages 11 points per contest.