RICHMOND, Ky. – Fresh off its 20th win of the season, the first team to do so since 2004-05, EKU women's basketball returns to Atlantic Sun Conference play hosting in-state foe Bellarmine on Saturday afternoon at Baptist Health Arena.
 
Saturday's game is scheduled to tip at 4 p.m. EST as the latter of a doubleheader with the men's program.  Fans looking to secure tickets for Saturday's game can do so online here or at the box office for just $5.
 
Those not able to be in attendance can tune in via ESPN+ or 92.5 WEKY with Wes Chandler on play-by-play and Julie Muntz serving as analyst on the call.
 
EKU (20-8, 8-5 ASUN) is coming off its 20th win of the season in a road non-conference game at Chicago State on Tuesday.  The win in the Windy City secured a 12-3 non-conference finish for the Colonels, the best non-conference record since 1975-76.
 
EKU and Bellarmine meet for the second time this season in ASUN West Divisional play, securing a 79-66 win in Louisville earlier this season.  EKU, currently in 4th-place in the ASUN, clinched its berth to the conference championship two wins ago and is fighting for a host-bid being one of the top four teams in the final standings.
 
The Knights are currently in 10th-place in the ASUN standings and if the season ended today, would be the last team to qualify for the conference championship in early March.  North Florida is one win behind, and Queens is two wins behind Bellarmine for the final spot in the field.
 
EKU Notes & Statistics
- The Colonels are seeking its first host-seed in the ASUN Championship with just three regular season games remaining.  EKU has qualified for the tournament in all three of its years as a member institution in the league.
- EKU climbed one spot in the NCAA NET rankings after its win over Chicago State on Tuesday, jumping to No. 175 in the rankings.  Just 13 spots below its highest ranking of No. 162 in the NET era.
- Antwainette Walker is second in the ASUN and leads EKU with 18.1 points per game.
- Alice Recanati leads the ASUN and EKU with 127 assists and 4.5 assists per game.  Earlier this season she became EKU's program leader in assists and is one of 13 players in NCAA DI, including Iowa's Caitlin Clark, with 1,000 points, 500 assists, and 400 rebounds.
 
All-Time vs. Bellarmine
- Saturday is the 12th meeting between EKU and Bellarmine.  The Colonels own the head-to-head series 8-3 since 1975 and are 4-1 over the Knights inside ASUN play since 2022.
- EKU is 4-1 against Bellarmine inside Baptist Health Arena.
 
Scouting the Knights
- As previously mentioned, Bellarmine is currently 10th in the league standings and continues its fight for the final spot in the ASUN Championship in March.
- Bellarmine rests at 8-17 overall and 3-10 in league play entering Saturday, having lost three of its last four games to North Alabama, Central Arkansas, and Kennesaw State.
- Two of BU's three wins in league play have come against the current last two teams (North Florida & Queens) in the ASUN standings.
- The Knights are led by local product Hayley Harrison, a 5-foot-10 guard out of Winchester and George Rogers Clark High School.  Harrison leads the squad with 15.5 points per game, which is fifth most in the ASUN.
- Bellarmine will be without ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and the reigning ASUN Freshman of the Year, Gracie Merkle, who has sat out this season with an injury.

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