CHICAGO – The Eastern Kentucky University women's basketball squad will take a break from Atlantic Sun Conference play to travel to Chicago State for its final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at Jones Convocation Center.
 
Tuesday's game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. EST and can be viewed on Chicago State's official YouTube channel.  The game will also be available on 92.5 WEKY with Wes Chandler courtside on the call.
 
EKU's Antwainette Walker, a Lisle, Illinois native, is primed for her homecoming, returning to her home city for the first time since Feb. 16, 2022, while playing for Marquette in a road game at DePaul.
 
Colonel fans in the Windy City and Walker supporters can purchase tickets for Tuesday's game at the link here.
 
EKU (19-8, 8-5 ASUN) is coming off a split last week on the road, most recently suffering a 27-point loss to Central Arkansas in Conway.
 
Last game, forward Sierra McCullough led the Colonels with 15 points and eight rebounds, despite EKU being without four scholarship players in the game.
 
Earlier in the road swing, EKU defeated North Alabama by a wide 84-57 gap behind Walker's 21 points and 12 rebounds.  The win clinched EKU's berth in the 2024 ASUN Championship at the conclusion of regular season play in early March.
 
With the berth, EKU has qualified for the tournament in all three of its seasons as a member institution in the league.
 
Game 28: EKU (19-8, 8-5 ASUN) at Chicago State (1-25)
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024 – 8:00 p.m. EST
- Jones Convocation Center (7,000) – Chicago
 
EKU Notes & Statistics
- As of Monday, EKU is No. 176 in the latest NCAA RPI, falling 13 slots after the loss to UCA.
- EKU is second in the ASUN and 83rd in the NCAA in scoring with 71.6 points per game.
- The Colonels lead the ASUN in turnover margin, having forced opponents into a league leading 522 turnovers.
- EKU's Alice Recanati is the only Colonel to start in all 27 of the team's games, she's averaging a career-high 10.4 points per game with 4.4 assists per game.
- Recanati became EKU's program leader in assists six games ago against Stetson at home, passing a 32-year-old program record held by Angie Cox since 1992.
- Additionally, Recanati has surpassed 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds this season.  She's one of 13 players in NCAA DI basketball, including Iowa's Caitlin Clark, with 1,000 points, 500 assists, and 400 rebounds.
 
All-Time vs. Chicago State
- EKU is 4-0 against Chicago State dating back to 1990.
- EKU is 1-0 against the Cougars on the road, picking up a 71-61 win in Chicago in 2011.
 
Scouting the Cougars
- Chicago State enters play on Tuesday with a 1-25 overall record.
- Since CSU is not yet in a conference affiliation, the Cougars haven't played a game since Feb. 5 against Long Island on the road.
- Chicago State's lone win on the season was 105-37 drubbing of NCCAA DII Kuyper College.
- Sophomore guard Jacia Cunningham leads the team with 13.6 points per game, having scored 20 or more points in two of her last four games.

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