FLORENCE, Ala. – Having won three straight Atlantic Sun Conference games, Eastern Kentucky University will conclude its two-game road trip at North Alabama on Saturday.
 
The game will begin at 8:15 p.m. ET and air live on ESPN+.  The live radio broadcast of the game is available in the Richmond area on WCYO 100.7 FM, or worldwide on EKUSports.com.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU beat Central Arkansas, 86-63, on Thursday.  The Colonels are 7-9 overall and 3-0 in the ASUN.  It is the first time since 2012-13 EKU has started its conference schedule with three straight wins.
 
-  EKU hit a season-high 13 three-pointers at Central Arkansas.  The Colonels finished 13-for-30 (43 percent).  Their previous best was 11 on three occasions.
 
-  The Colonels held UCA to 2-for-12 shooting from behind the arc for 16.7 percent.  The Bears hit their first two 3-point attempts of the game and then went 0-for-10 the rest of the way.  That is the lowest number of 3-pointers made and attempted by an EKU opponent this season.
 
-  Michael Moreno finished with a season-best 20 points at Central Arkansas.  He tied his season-high with six 3-pointers, including the 300th of his career.  Moreno is currently first in program history in 3-pointers made (304) and games played (146), sixth in rebounding (857), ninth in steals (157) and 12th in scoring (1,493).
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  North Alabama earned a 69-53 win over Bellarmine at home on Thursday to move to 7-9 on the season and 1-1 in league games.   
 
- The Lions overcame a 7-point deficit with 18:40 left in the game, outscoring the Knights 44-21 the rest of the way.  After shooting 31 percent from the field in the first half, UNA made 48 percent of its shots in the second half, including 5-of-10 from 3-point range.
 
-  North Alabama got 15 rebounds from Damian Forrest and out-rebounded Bellarmine 44-23.  The 6-foot-9 senior forward leads the team and is third in the ASUN with 8.5 rebounds per game.  He scores 8.7 points per contest.
 
-  Jacari Lane, a 6-foot sophomore guard, leads North Alabama with 14.1 points and 4.1 assists per game.  He ranks 13th and sixth respectively in the conference in those categories.
 
INSIDE THE MATCH-UP
-  Isaiah Cozart has blocked 63 shots this season.  That's more blocks than 241 NCAA teams have blocked this year, including North Alabama (50).
 
-  North Alabama is ninth in the ASUN with 12.06 assists per game.  Two players – Lane (4.1) and KJ Johnson (2.2) – account for 6.29 assists per game.  Only one other player averages 1.0 or more assists.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  The series between the Colonels and the Lions is tied 2-2.  Two of the four contests have gone to overtime, including North Alabama's 98-93 regular season win in Richmond last season.  Ten days later the EKU earned a 73-48 win at home in the ASUN Tournament on Feb. 28, 2023.
 
-  In that ASUN Tournament game, Devontae Blanton led EKU with 15 points and was one of three Colonels in double figures.  Cozart finished with 12 points and six blocks, while John Ukomadu added 12 points and a team-high nine rebounds.  The Colonels scored the first seven points of the game.  EKU dominated the glass, outrebounding the Lions 57-26 and notching a 21-4 advantage on the offensive glass.  The Colonels held UNA to 29.1 percent shooting (16-of-55) on the night, including 21.7 percent (5-of-23) from 3-point range.